IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 1113: Relations between the Old and the Young among the Urban Nobility of Mediterranean Communes: The Example of Zadar, Dalmatia
Wednesday 13 July 2005, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Department of Historical Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb / Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Zagreb |
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Organiser: | Zoran Ladic, Institute of Historical Research, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb |
Moderator/Chair: | Zrinka Pešorda Vardić, Department of Medieval History, Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb |
Paper 1113-a | An Old Man in Action: The Relations between Generations in 14th-Century Zadar (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
Paper 1113-b | On Old Age as Reflected in Late Medieval Dalmatian Wills (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life, Social History |
Paper 1113-c | Young and Old Noblewomen of Zadar and their Attitude towards Ageing and Death as Reflected in Last Wills (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Lay Piety, Mentalities, Social History |
Abstract | The session deals with the relationship between the old and young members of urban nobility in fourteenth-century Zadar and their attitudes towards aging and death in general. Particularly explored are following topics: the process of maturing and aging of urban noble women and their attitude towards death, as well as reasons provoking this attitude (perils caused by pregnancy, illness and old age), intergenerational conflicts and cooperation within wider kinship groups and outside, use of declaring himself to be of old age in order to achive certain position or goal, but some other topics will be also addressed. |