IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 1505: Power in Procession: Placing North West England and the Isle of Man on the Medieval Map
Thursday 12 July 2012, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Howard Williams, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Chester |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Ruth Nugent, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Chester |
| Paper 1505-a | Parade, Power and Place: King Edgar the Peaceful and the Siting of Norman Castles in a Cheshire Landscape (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Folk Studies, Geography and Settlement Studies, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 1505-b | Processions into the Past or a Walk up the Garden Path?: The Influence of Procession and Ceremony at Tynwald, Isle of Man on the Study of Early Medieval Assembly in Britain and Scandinavia (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Folk Studies, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 1505-c | Heroes, Kings, Martyrs, and Ghosts: Appropriating Mercian History, Archaeology, and Myth in Medieval Chester (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval, Monasticism |
| Abstract | The power of procession in early medieval Europe played a significant role in landscape, liturgy, and public display. Its overall impact on a specific region requires in-depth exploration, situating related sites within their respective spatial and temporal environs. This session proposes a multi-disciplinary approach to landscape using archaeological and textual evidence, with particular emphasis on the North West of England and the Isle of Man. By presenting new and re-interpreted evidence of place, folk narratives and material culture, the session aims to illuminate this little-examined region of early medieval Britain through the concept and significance of procession. |