IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 613: Profiling the City - Media Use in Urban Societies, II: The Holy and the Power
Tuesday 10 July 2007, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
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Organiser: | Peter Johanek, Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
Moderator/Chair: | Martina Stercken, Historisches Seminar, Universität Zürich |
Paper 613-a | Sacred Rituals?: The Princely Adventus in the Early Reformation (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Religious Life |
Paper 613-b | Processions as a Means of Defining the City in Medieval Germany and in Japan (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Religious Life |
Paper 613-c | City Council and Communication: The Late Medieval Town Hall in Germany as Point of Promulgation (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Historiography - Medieval |
Abstract | During the Middle Ages, various means were developed to display urban identity and legitimize the political significance of towns and cities. Urban meaning was shaped and transmitted by arranging communal events and rituals, by designing architecture and topography, and by producing a written and visual tradition. |