IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 504: Animals and the Creation of Identities, I

Sponsor:	Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Organiser:	Alice Choyke, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Moderator/Chair:	Gerhard Jaritz, Institut für Realienkunde, Universität Salzburg, Krems / Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Paper 504-a	Slavs and Dogs: The Depiction of Slavs in Central European Sources of the 10th and 11th Centuries (Language: English) Andrea Vanina Neyra, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires / Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Medievales Index terms: Daily Life, Political Thought
Paper 504-b	Knights and Destriers: Representations and Symbolism of the Warhorse in Medieval Art (Language: English) Marina Viallon, Département Ancien, Armures et Armes Anciennes, Musée de l'Armée, Paris Index terms: Art History - General, Military History, Social History
Paper 504-c	Animalia Caesaris: Remembering Imperial Animals in Medieval Menageries (Language: English) Thierry Buquet, Institut Français du Proche Orient, Beirut Index terms: Daily Life, Political Thought
Abstract	Animals and their qualities were frequently used to create or sustain the identity of groups or individuals of medieval society in a positive or negative way. The session will deal with this phenomenon, on the one hand, concerning peoples and, on the other hand, with regard to the revival of the memory of a glorious past.