IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1307: Daily Life in Late Medieval Cities
Wednesday 11 July 2007, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Medieval British History Group, Kumamoto University |
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Organiser: | Hirokazu Tsurushima, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University |
Moderator/Chair: | Richard Barrie Dobson, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York |
Paper 1307-a | Silkwomen in 15th-Century London: Focussing on their Wills (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Urban, Social History, Women’s Studies |
Paper 1307-b | Minstrels in 15th-16th-Century London (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Urban, Music, Social History |
Paper 1307-c | Medieval City Life in The Book of Margery Kempe (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Urban, Language and Literature - Middle English, Lay Piety |
Abstract | The purpose of this session is to shed a ray of light on some aspects of daily life through women's eyes or an image cherished by a contemporary woman writer on medieval cities. Ms. Ueno reports on minstrels and their guild in 15th-16th Century London. Ms Sasai talks about the silk women, engaged in the silk industry in 15th century London, by reading their wills. Professor Morishita discusses the images of such medieval cities as Lynn, Rome, and Jerusalem as well as on pilgrimage by exploring the Book of Margery Kempe. |