IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1713: The Visibility of Rulership, III: Cities
Thursday 10 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Durham University |
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Organiser: | David Rollason, Department of History, Durham University |
Moderator/Chair: | Christian Liddy, Department of History, Durham University |
Paper 1713-a | Making the 'Invisible' Visible: Spatial Practice and Urban Design in the Reign of King Edward I (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Historiography - Medieval |
Paper 1713-b | Portable 'Rulerscape': How to Produce Spaces of Power by Using Relics and Baldaquins in Entry Ceremonies of Rulers in Late Medieval Imperial Cities (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Historiography - Medieval |
Paper 1713-c | Shaping and Reshaping Cities in the Low Countries: The Case of Late Medieval Brussels (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, 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 cities, by founding or reshaping them, by the siting of religious institutions and other buildings within them, and by the rituals which they performed in cities, especially those involved with their ceremonial entries. The session ranges widely in order to identify similarities and differences in the significance of cities for the visibility of power across a wide spectrum. |