IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1613: The Visibility of Rulership, II: Palaces
Thursday 10 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Durham University |
---|---|
Organiser: | David Rollason, Department of History, Durham University |
Moderator/Chair: | David Rollason, Department of History, Durham University |
Paper 1613-a | Imperial Palaces in the Salian and Staufen Period: Goslar, Kaiserslautern, and Other Examples (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Historiography - Medieval |
Paper 1613-b | Imperial Aspects of the Palace of Aachen (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Historiography - Medieval |
Paper 1613-c | An English Sainte-Chapelle?: St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster and the Discourse of Palace Chapels, 1250-1350 (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Architecture - Secular, Art History - General |
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 design and style of palaces, and the extent to which these complexes were deliberately intended to evoke the power of past rulers through their style and use of building materials, and to offer opportunities for the rulers for whom they were built to show their power in public appearances, ceremonies, and rituals. The session ranges across the Middle Ages in order to examine change and continuity on a broad canvas. |