IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 705: Reinvented Rulers (Medievalism): Sovereigns of the Middle Ages in (Post-)Modern European Culture
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien (IZMS), Universität Salzburg |
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| Organiser: | Ursula Bieber, Fachbereich Slawistik / Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien (IZMS), Universität Salzburg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ursula Bieber, Fachbereich Slawistik / Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien (IZMS), Universität Salzburg |
| Paper 705-a | From Prünhilt to Brünhilda: Cinematic Staging of the Icelandic Queen in the 20th and 21st Century (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - German, Social History, Teaching the Middle Ages |
| Paper 705-b | Database Presents: Medieval Toy Figures and Their (Hi)Story: A Playful Introduction to Database Work (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - German, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 705-c | Medieval Rulers in Exhibitions of the 20th and 21st Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Gender Studies, Language and Literature - German, Teaching the Middle Ages |
| Abstract | Medievalism in general shows that there is a great interest of various groups in modern society in the Middle Ages, in all its forms of daily life and its figures, especially in kings and knights, in queens and young noble women. With regard to the creative variety of medievalism the session wants to point out and discuss how modern media as books, films , pictures of fine art, cultural details of everyday life, IT media, and exhibitions construct medieval rulership for modern audience. |