IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1529: Unveiling Social Strata in Daily Life, I: Urban Space

Thursday 14 July 2011, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:	Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters & der frühen Neuzeit, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Krems
Organiser:	Gerhard Jaritz, Institut für Realienkunde, Universität Salzburg, Krems / Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Moderator/Chair:	Thomas Kühtreiber, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters & der frühen Neuzeit, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Krems
Paper 1529-a	Strata of Words, Strata of Things…? (Language: English) Christina Schmid, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Universität Salzburg Gabriele Klug, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters & der frühen Neuzeit, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien (IZMS), Universität Salzburg Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Language and Literature - German, Social History
Paper 1529-b	Urban Social Strata Taken into Monastic Space: The Example of Medieval Transylvania (Language: English) Ünige Bencze, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Social History
Paper 1529-c	Tracing Painter's Workshops, Production Conditions and Social Networks in the City of Prague at the Time of King Wenceslas IV, c. 1380-1420 (Language: English) Maria Theisen, Kommisson für Schrift- und Buchwesen, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Krems Index terms: Art History - Painting, Daily Life, Social History
Abstract	Within the last years, several analyses have been carried out in order to identify different groups in historical sources – in archaeological finds, buildings as well as written sources. Yet, no consistent methodological framework has been established so far. The aim of these sessions will be to clarify the theories and methods which can be applied when trying to unveil social strata. The traces we find are to be investigated into in consideration of the overall question: what is it we see in historical evidence? Coming from the extremes of “Poor and Rich”, it shall be elaborated whether the traces we find are evidence of different social or economic groups, socially differentiated living environments, differences in time or rather differences in life-styles and ways of living. We will be focussing on the comparison and discussion of methodological questions, with a particular emphasis on an interdisciplinary approach. The two sessions focus on rural respectively urban space. This separation will allow responding to the characteristics of these different living environments as well as focussing on a com-parison of methods and theories applied when investigating into them.