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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1207: The Many Faces of Medieval Literacy: Religious Writing, Historiography, and Media Change

Wednesday 13 July 2011, 14.15-15.45

Moderator/Chair:Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht
Paper 1207-aSt Cyprian's Letters and His Ecclesiological Concept Mirrored in the Canonical Collections of the 11th and 12th Century
(Language: English)
Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi, Postgraduate Institute of Canon Law, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest
Index terms: Canon Law, Theology
Paper 1207-b'He Sighed from the Depth of His Heart and Shed Tears': Representation of Emotions in the Kievan Rus Chronicles
(Language: English)
Yulia Mikhailova, Department of History, University of New Mexico
Index terms: Mentalities, Social History
Paper 1207-cAfter 1453: The War against the Turks and the Transformation of Media in the 15th Century
(Language: English)
Karoline Dominika Döring, Zentrum für Mittelalter- & Renaissancestudien, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Index terms: Crusades, Politics and Diplomacy, Printing History, Social History
Abstract

Paper -a:
Abstract withheld by request.

Paper -b:
This is a study of the representation of emotions in pre-Mongolian Rus chronicles. While in the Primary Chronicle (early 12th century) feelings are not named explicitly, but should be inferred from the description of gestures and facial expressions, later 12th and early 13th century texts employ ever-expanding vocabulary to depict emotions. Public display of feelings in the chronicles is comparable to the social uses of emotions in the medieval West, as described by Barbara Rosenwein and other Western medievalists: it served a number of purposes, from mediating conflicts to legitimizing princely authority.

Paper -c:
The fall of Constantinople produced an extensive variety of professional literature both handwritten and printed on the Turkish issue in Europe. Coinciding as it did with the invention of movable type, the growing discourse about the Turks was greatly shaped by the emerging medium. The texts not only indicate various shapes of cultural and religious diversity but they are themselves a sign of a media change.
The paper aims to survey the character, the dynamics, and the impact of this media change and tries to assess the close connection between the war against the Turks and the early printing press.