Dr. Alessio Fiore, Torino;
Prof. Dr. Thomas Kohl, Tübingen;
Dr. Tristan Martine, Angers
The aim of the meeting is to analyse what effects the the so-called Gregorian reform in the period between 1050 and 1150 had on the secular elites of Western Europe.
The aim is to understand how the emergence of a more autonomous ecclesiastical sphere influenced the way in which influenced the way in which secular elites perceived themselves and their role
their role, expressed their identity and conceptualised their social power, thus conceptualised their social power and thus also changed the ways in which concrete exercise of power.