IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 122: Aristocratic Design, Use, and Management of Parks in Northern Europe
Monday 11 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Abigail Dowling, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Moderator/Chair: | Naomi Sykes, Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham |
Paper 122-a | Landscape of Luxury: Mahaut of Artois' (1302-1329) Management and Use of the Park at Hesdin (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Art History - General, Economics - General |
Paper 122-b | 'Riding like Alexander, Hunting like Diana': Gendered Aspects of the Medieval Hunt and Its Landscape Settings (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
Paper 122-c | 'La Chasse: A Courtly Pastime' (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
Abstract | This session explores how the design, use, and management of the northern European aristocratic park contributed to the construction and reinforcement of aristocratic identity. The first paper deals with the designed Park at Hesdin, France, as structured space managed for aristocratic ritual and the creation of luxury goods. The second paper considers the English park as an enclosed contrived setting for courtly men and women to participate in the socially exclusive procedures of hunting and hawking. The last paper explores how parks, deer and hunting functioned in the gender identities of late-medieval high-status women. |