The event is part of the New Work in the Humanities Series 2013-14: New Work on Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

The history of law and judicial institutions in medieval Italy has long been a particularly active field of research. By broadening the categories of analysis from law and courts to conflict and dispute resolution this research is revealing the co-existence of informal complementary methods and institutionalized judicial systems as well as interconnections between social, cultural, and political history. This half-day conference will present new work on disputes, dispute resolution and peacemaking practices in medieval Italy from the central to the later Middle Ages, considering not only lay but also ecclesiastical disputes.

Speakers include: Katherine Jansen, FAAR’95 (Catholic University/Lester K. Little Scholar in Residence); Maureen Miller (University of California Berkeley, American Academy in Rome Scholar in Residence), Giuliano Milani (Università di Roma, “‘La Sapienza”); and Claudia Storti (Università degli Studi, Milano). Commentary by Christopher Wickham (All Souls College, Oxford).

The presentations will be held in English and Italian.