IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 814: Emotional Encounters
Tuesday 11 July 2006, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Bjørn Bandlien, Independent Scholar, Oslo |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Lars Hermanson, Department of History, Uppsala Universitet |
| Paper 814-a | Moving between Emotional Cultures: The Emotional Life of James I, the Conqueror of Aragon (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 814-b | Royal Anger between Christian Doctrine and Practical Exigencies (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 814-c | A Skald in Narbonne: A Clash between Norse and Occitan Love Cultures? (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Mentalities |
| Abstract | Medieval people have often been described as emotionally unstable, and as having low self-control. In this session we will focus on the capability medieval people had to govern their own emotions, as well as on the co-existence of different norms for emotional outlets. We would like to analyse emotional encounters, signifying situations where transactions, dialogues, and potential rivalry between different emotional norms can be traced. Such encounters enable us to demonstrate the scope of action possessed by the individual. It is precisely in situations in which different norms meet that the mediations and priority of emotional norms can be studied and evaluated. |