IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 621: Violence and Rules, II: Violence against Traditions
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Forschergruppe 'Gewaltgemeinschaften', Universität Gießen / Oswald-von-Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft |
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Organiser: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
Moderator/Chair: | András F. Balogh, Institute for German Studies, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca / Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest |
Paper 621-a | Der Kampf der Reformatoren gegen die baalistischen Pfaffen in der Grafschaft Nassau-Weilburg in der Zeit des Interims (Language: Deutsch) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - German, Religious Life |
Paper 621-b | Erasmus, Reuchlin und Ulrich von Hutten als anti-dogmatische Gewaltgemeinschaft im Fastnachtspiel (Language: Deutsch) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life |
Paper 621-c | Against Horse Racing: Entertainment and Violence in Late Medieval Southern Germany (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - German, Local History, Performance Arts - General |
Abstract | Violence, especially when it is acted in groups, is often directed against authorities and the rules set up by authorities. At the turn from the Middle Ages to early modern times we can observe frequent uses of violence against established traditions. The papers in this session ask why certain medieval rules and traditions provoked violent oppositions at the end of the Middle Ages. They also ask, whether the violent opposition against rules led to alternative rules, and how they were defended, while the old rules were openly incriminated in literature or in performative acts. |