IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1125: Memoria: Commemoration and Social Status, II
Wednesday 13 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
| Organisers: | Walter Kettemann, Historisches Institut, Universität Duisburg-Essen Jens Lieven, Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Elina Screen, Trinity College, University of Oxford |
| Paper 1125-a | Laymen in the Alemannic Confraternity Books of the Early Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1125-b | Commemoration of Bishops in the Mirror of Alemannic Confraternity Books (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1125-c | To Be a Neighbour of St Gall: Local Clergy and the Monastery (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life, Social History |
| Abstract | The early medieval Libri memoriales and other sources of liturgical commemoration transmit not only more than 100,000 names, but also thousands of indications concerning the secular or ecclesiastical status of name-bearers or whole groups of persons. After more than four decades of historical research based on sources of this kind, 'Memorialforschung' still remains a challenge, especially as regards prosopographical research orientated towards social history. With regard to this challenge, the papers of this session will focus on different aspects of prosopography, social status, and social representation that are perceptible and distinguishable in the sources. |