IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 519: Images of Poverty and Prosperity: Legislation, Leadership, and Literature

Sponsor:	State University of New York, Oneonta
Organiser:	April Harper, Department of History, State University of New York, Oneonta
Moderator/Chair:	Isabel Davis, Department of English & Humanities, Birkbeck, University of London
Paper 519-a	Henry III, Louis IX, and the Poor (Language: English) Sally Dixon-Smith, Tower of London, Historic Royal Palaces Index terms: Administration, Lay Piety, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 519-b	Legislating for Poverty: The Rich and the Poor after the Black Death (Language: English) David Green, Centre for British Studies, Harlaxton College, University of Evansville Index terms: Daily Life, Law
Paper 519-c	'Her sins laid bare': Clothing and Adultery in the Fabliaux (Language: English) April Harper, Department of History, State University of New York, Oneonta Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Sexuality
Abstract	This session explores the images of poverty and prosperity through a variety of lenses. David Green will analyze labour legislation, sumptuary laws, and game laws to explore how the state seeks to control social mobility and the appearance of social mobility in the period of economic turmoil after the plague. Sally Dixon-Smith will explore the image of poverty in 13th-century kingship. April Harper will be analyzing the role of clothing as a social indicator and symbol of class conflict in tales of illicit sex.