IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 512: Anger, Wrath, and Indignation: Negative Emotions in Interdisciplinary Perspectives, I
Tuesday 11 July 2006, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Mediävistenverband e. V. |
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| Organiser: | Bele Freudenberg, Historisches Seminar, Universität Hamburg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Hans-Werner Goetz, Historisches Seminar, Universität Hamburg |
| Paper 512-a | From Rage to Indignation: Liudprand of Cremona's Antapodosis as an Example for Different Types of Anger in Historiography (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities |
| Paper 512-b | The Heroes' Rage: Descriptions of Anger in Heroical Epics as Illustrated in the Nibelungenlied (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Mentalities |
| Paper 512-c | Personal Experience and Theological Reflection: Peter Abelard on the Negative Emotions 'Anger' and 'Wrath' (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Theology |
| Abstract | When enquiring into the emotions of people in the Middle Ages we have a wide and varied array of sources and materials at our disposal. A major problem when analysing this material lies in the fact that each respective genre is bound to its own form of presentation and as such is evaluated according to methods specific to its genre. In this session we have therefore opted for an interdisciplinary comparative approach that will allow us to analyse the form of presentation of the respective genres and the various methods implemented in each respective field of medieval research. To facilitate the comparability of the result we will focus on the emotional spheres of anger and woe. A comparison of the methodical approaches and different sources should give us the opportunity to recognize and to query patterns of perception and presentation specific for each discipline, both in medieval and modern times. |