IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 108: Cultures of Identity, I: Family Identity in the Late Medieval Town
Monday 13 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Exzellenzcluster 'Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration', Universität Konstanz |
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Organiser: | Christof Rolker, Exzellenzcluster 'Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration', Universität Konstanz |
Moderator/Chair: | Christof Rolker, Exzellenzcluster 'Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration', Universität Konstanz |
Respondent: | Christoph Friedrich Weber, Historisches Seminar, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina, Braunschweig |
Paper 108-a | The Nuremberg Familienbücher: Archives of Cultural Identity (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Genealogy and Prosopography, Historiography - Medieval, Social History |
Paper 108-b | Family Identity and Familienbücher in Cologne (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Historiography - Medieval |
Paper 108-c | Seeking Identity in Late Medieval York (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Mentalities, Social History |
Abstract | The papers in the 'Cultures of Identity' will explore various representational practices of urban lay elites in the later Middle Ages. This session focuses on the production of livres de famille and the use of coats of arms as elements of a representational economy shaping both individual and collective identities. While research in these topics has traditionally focused on the Mediterranean world, we are specifically interested in the cultures of identity in the towns of northern Europe. |