>I have been asked to forward the following.
Dominique
>Dear all,
>
>Please find below a call for papers at very short notice, for the meeting
>of the EAA in Kraków from the 19th-24th September,
>(http://cracow2006.e-a-a.org/). The session is entitled: ''Crusade,
>colonisation and conversion: material traces at the frontiers of medieval
>Christendom". Papers on environmental exploitation and transformation are
>particularly welcome, and will complement existing contributions. The
>initial deadline for abstract submission is the end of April - but papers
>will continue to be accepted until the session is full.
>
>Crusade, colonisation and conversion: material traces at the frontiers of
>medieval Christendom
>
>Session abstract:
>
>The crusading movement was prevalent in many European societies from the
>late-eleventh through to the seventeenth century. One of its aims was to
>secure or reclaim possession of land held by enemies of the Church for
>Christendom. In the late-medieval Baltic this was combined with attempts
>to eradicate or convert native pagan societies. In the East the
>establishment of crusader kingdoms at the end of the eleventh century was
>coupled with the desire to reclaim Christianity’s holy sites and to defend
>Christians against the threat of Turkish invasion. Whether territorial
>expansion as a result of crusading activity was organic or planned, its
>impact can be described as ‘colonial’. It resulted in the selective
>appropriation of existing infrastructure and the establishment of new
>settlements, fortifications, religious and administrative centres. This
>was invariably coupled with an implanted population and ruling hierarchy.
>
>Archaeologists have become increasingly interested in numerous aspects of
>the crusading movement in all the theatres of war, and the aim of this
>session is to assess the state of current research and potential
>directions for future work. Papers are invited on any aspect of the
>crusading frontiers, particularly on related colonisation, environmental
>transformation, resource exploitation, cross-cultural interaction and
>religious expression.
>
>Contact details:
>
>Aleks Pluskowski
>Department of Archaeology
>University of Cambridge
>Downing Street
>Cambridge CB2 3DZ. UK
>
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>Tel: +44 (0)1223 365 401
>Fax: +44 (0)1223 333 503
>
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