Session 1 - The Medieval German Empire I:
Law & Society

Chair: Jonathan R. Lyon, University of Notre Dame

Paper 1: Jonathan Couser, University of Notre Dame:
"Another Look at the Lex Baiuvariorum"

Paper 2: David Bachrach, University of New Hampshire:
"Autonomy as a Constitutional Issue: The City-State of Worms, ca. 1235-73"

Paper 3: James D. Mixson, University of Alabama:
"Deposition and Its Discontents: The Ambiguities of Religious Reform in Southern Germany, ca. 1418-52"

Respondent: John B. Freed, Illinois State University

Session 2 - The Medieval German Empire II:
Religious Authorities & Their Lay Audiences

Chair: Lisa Wolverton, University of Oregon

Paper 1: Valerie L. Garver, Northern Illinois University:
"Adornment as an Obstacle to Virtue: Clerical Views of Laywomen's Vanity in Carolingian Lands"

Paper 2: Atria A. Larson, Catholic University of America:
"Emperor Henry III's Pardons: Reflections of Wipo's Vicarius Christi?"

Paper 3: Matt Wranovix, Yale University:
"Ulrich Pfeffel's Library: Priests, Preachers, and Their Books in Late Medieval Germany"

Respondent: Klaus van Eickels, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg