IMC 2006: Sessions
Session NULL: Aspects of Cultures of Consumption in Medieval Society - session withdrawn 7 June 2006
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Hilton Shepherd Postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Birmingham |
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| Organiser: | Miriam Müller, Department of Medieval History, University of Birmingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Simon Stuart Yarrow, Department of Medieval History, University of Birmingham |
| Abstract | This session will take a look at different aspects of the culture of consumption in medieval society, using an interdisciplinary approach, by examining archaeology, in this case pottery, court, and law records, such as the 14th-century sumptuary law, as well as elements of medieval literature, including John Gower and Langland. |