Saturday, January 10, 2004

9:30–11:30 a.m.

70. “A Barbarous Relic of Ancient Times”: Hostages in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
Omni Shoreham, Congressional B

Chair: Alison Games, Georgetown University
Papers:

Hostages and the Roman Imperial Imagination
Joel Allen, Queens College of the City University of New York

The Politics of Hostages in the Early Middle Ages
Paul J. E. Kershaw, University of Virginia

Marriage or Bondage? Political Marriages as Hostage-Taking
Annette Parks, University of Evansville
Comment: Adam J. Kosto, Columbia University