IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1513: The Visibility of Rulership, I: Landscapes
Thursday 10 July 2014, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Durham University |
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| Organiser: | David Rollason, Department of History, Durham University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Paul Oldfield, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Paper 1513-a | The Upper Palatinate in the Time of Charles IV, 1346-1378: A Landscape of Power? (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 1513-b | Designing Forests as a Context for Imperial and Royal Power (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Historiography - Medieval |
| Abstract | The aim of this session is to explore the ways in which emperors and kings sought to make their power visible to their subjects through the shaping of landscapes - by the construction of buildings in the landscape, by the use of a wide array of media, from monumental statuary and painted glass to seals and inscriptions, by the exploitation of myths and traditions, or by the management of landscape features for particular functions. The session examines how far such shaping of landscapes was the result of deliberate and co-ordinated processes, and how effective it was. It ranges widely in order to identify similarities and differences across a wide geographical and temporal range. |