IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 619: The Stabilization of Order and the Authority of the Written Word, II
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Sonderforschungsbereich 496: 'Symbolische Kommunikation und gesellschaftliche Wertesysteme', Universität Münster |
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| Organiser: | Christoph Dartmann, Sonderforschungsbereich 'Symbolische Kommunikation und gesellschaftliche Wertesysteme', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
| Moderator/Chair: | Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, Universiteit van Tilburg |
| Paper 619-a | Liturgy, 'Herrschaftsrepräsentation' and Memory (10th-12th Centuries) (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life |
| Paper 619-b | Internal Peace Treatises in the Italian City-States (Language: English) Index terms: Literacy and Orality, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 619-c | Order by Example? Cross-Cultural Authority in 13th- and 14th-Century Didactic Literature (Language: English) |
| Abstract | Transitions between oral and written communication were characteristic of medieval societies. Therefore, written documents could only claim authority if they were embedded in acts of symbolic communication. The section focuses on the link between formalized interaction and literacy by examining significant examples. They range from the partial literacy of the early and high middle ages up to the cities of Flanders and Italy with their highly developed writing culture. |