IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1629: Unveiling Social Strata in Daily Life, II: Rural Space
Thursday 14 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters & der frühen Neuzeit, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Krems |
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| Organiser: | Thomas Kühtreiber, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters & der frühen Neuzeit, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Krems |
| Moderator/Chair: | Christina Schmid, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Universität Salzburg |
| Paper 1629-a | Daily Life and Spatial Dimensions in Castles and Farmsteads (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Social History |
| Paper 1629-b | Wood and Stone: Building Materials as Indicators of Social Differentiation in Rural Space? (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Daily Life |
| Paper 1629-c | Poverty in Rural Space (Language: English) Index terms: 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. |