IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 1105: Medieval Urban Literacy, VII: Urban Identity and Writing about the Past
Wednesday 15 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Medieval Urban Literacy Project |
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Organiser: | Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
Moderator/Chair: | Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
Paper 1105-a | The Problems of Origins in Early Communal Historiography: Pisa, Genoa, and Milan Compared (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Literacy and Orality |
Paper 1105-b | Urban Historiography in the Low Countries (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Literacy and Orality |
Abstract | This session forms part of a series on medieval urban literacy. It has become accepted that the identity of a group is determined in part by its (view of) history. This is also the case of urban communities and groups within those communities. Much work has been done on urban historiography. The papers presented in this session can therefore build on an established tradition. One question may be considered, however, to be relatively new. Apart from the subject matter: what is specifically 'urban' about urban historiography? |