IMC 2010: Sessions

The subject of the session is to discuss the spread of artefacts and ideas in the medieval Prussian world. The focus of the speakers interests is 'travelling' of things, especially works of art. The basic aim of the session is to show factors influencing the way things were moving. The first paper focuses on archaeological evidences of spreading ideas in pagan Prussia territory in the Baltic Sea Area context. The issue of early medieval pottery will be raised. The question if it was travelling of Things or travelling of Ideas will be discussed. Papers b and c refer to the issue of art in the medieval Teutonic Prussia. The second paper deals with the problem of European context of art in the Teutonic State in Prussia. The turn of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era in the art in Gdansk is marked by the gradual increase of influence exerted by the Low Countries, which found its climax in the second half of the 16th century. The aim of the third paper is not a detailed reconstruction of Prussian road system but an outline of the relations between this part of Central Europe and its neighbours in the Middle Ages. The issue of meaning of pagan Prussia at first and then the Teutonic State in Prussia in the Baltic zone will be raised.