IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 728: Recycling History: The Use of Traditional Texts and Ideas in Innovative Contexts
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Mittelalterzentrum, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg |
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| Organisers: | Andreas Bihrer, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Henrike Manuwald, Deutsches Seminar - Germanistische Mediävistik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Andreas Bihrer, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
| Paper 728-a | Recycling History: Narratives of Origin in German Cities at the End of the Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - German, Local History, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 728-b | Constructing your Own Origin: Histories of Foundation at the Onset of Reformation (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - German, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
| Paper 728-c | From Municipal to National Memory: The Battle of St Jacob/Birs (Basel) from 1444 and its Representation from the 15th to the 20th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Language and Literature - German, Local History |
| Abstract | Origin myths and foundation stories play a decisive role in the culture of remembrance in all human societies. Whereas previous research has analyzed the invention and social construction of these community-endowing and community-preserving tales, this session aims at examining the reuse and recontextualization of these stories. By way of examples such as the foundation myths of towns and bishoprics or the remembrance of battles it is shown how traditional texts and ideas were used for current interests in different historical situations and new social contexts, how new meanings were ascribed to them and how myths got transformed. |