IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1014: Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Gesture and Emotion
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Society for Medieval Archaeology |
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Organiser: | Dawn Hadley, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield |
Moderator/Chair: | Dawn Hadley, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield |
Paper 1014-a | Death, Emotion, and Gesture in Early Medieval Britain (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Pagan Religions |
Paper 1014-b | Nurturing the Dead: Medieval Women as Family Undertakers (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Gender Studies |
Paper 1014-c | Gesture: The Built Environment and the Middle Classes in Late Medieval England (unconfirmed) (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Architecture - Religious, Architecture - Secular |
Abstract | Archaeologists are uniquely well-placed to explore the physical settings in which emotions were experienced and gestures performed in the medieval period. Two of the papers in this session will explore gesture and emotion in the funerary contexts of early and late medieval Britain respectively, emphasising the performative qualities of the funeral and exploring the ways in which emotional responses to death are revealed in the burial record. The third paper examines the range of architectural, cultural, and corporeal strategies through which the middle classes sought to distinguish themselves from others in society, through their 'inhabitation' of houses, churches, and public buildings in late medieval England. |