IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 1603: Negotiating through Beasts: European Appropriations of Strange and Familiar Creatures from Distant Lands, II
Thursday 15 July 2004, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Clare College, University of Cambridge |
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Organiser: | Aleksander G. Pluskowski, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge |
Moderator/Chair: | Aleksander G. Pluskowski, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge |
Paper 1603-b | Fantastic Animals and Internal Beasts: On the Frontiers of Medieval Humanity (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General |
Paper 1603-c | White Dancing Bears with Black Paws: Exotic Pets as Presents in The Ruodlieb (Language: English) |
Abstract | Animals from distant lands held a particular fascination for medieval western societies. From heraldic motifs and ecclesiastical sculpture to travellers’ tales and living specimens in menageries, the appropriation of exotic species – from distant countries, the corners of the earth and even the depths of the oceans – represented an ongoing and exemplary process of cultural negotiation and transformation. These two sessions aim to explore this process through a series of comparable and contrasting case studies. |