IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 619: One Subject and Several Discourses: The Rich and the Poor in the Latin West
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Scriptorium: Laboratório de Estudos Medievais e Ibéricos, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro |
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| Organiser: | Vânia Leite Fróes, Scriptorium, Laboratório de Estudos Medievais e Ibéricos, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro |
| Moderator/Chair: | Lenora Pinto Mendes, Scriptorium, Laboratório de Estudos Medievais e Ibéricos, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro |
| Paper 619-a | The Rich and the Poor in the Books of Hours Iconography (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Social History |
| Paper 619-b | Between Fame and Glory: The Wealth of Kings, 15th-16th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities, Music |
| Paper 619-c | From Goldsmith to Court Playwright: Gil Vicente and the Royal Patronage (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Mentalities, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Paper 619-d | Taking from the Rich to Give to the Poor: The Bishops and the Man who Called himself Christ (Gaul, 6th Century) (Language: English) |
| Abstract | Throughout history of the Latin West, wealth and poverty were the subject of multiple discursive appropriations. To understand in depth the relevance of such categories in Western culture it is essential to take them not in isolation but in their relationships. Thus, we propose to analyze the representations of the polarization rich and poor taking as point of departure different registers of discourse: chronicles, plays, music and the books of hours iconography. Since these records refer to different times and different sociocultural contexts, it is possible to examine this issue from different angles and also consider the specificity of the production of each of these discourses |