IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 820: An Empire of Buildings, or Simply a Game of Thrones?

Organiser:	Audrey Thorstad, School of History, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:	David Stocker, Univeristy of Leeds
Paper 820-a	Thrones and Farms: Medieval 'Empires' and Their Buildings (Language: English) Duncan Berryman, School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast Index terms: Archaeology - General, Architecture - General, Geography and Settlement Studies, Social History
Paper 820-b	Great Houses of Medieval England: Hierarchy of Power and Its Physical Representation (Language: English) Sarah Kerr, School of Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast Index terms: Archaeology - General, Architecture - Secular, Social History
Paper 820-c	Thornbury Castle: The Capital of a Ducal Empire? (Language: English) Audrey Thorstad, School of History, University of Leeds Index terms: Archaeology - General, Architecture - Secular, Social History
Abstract	Were high status buildings of the Middle Ages viewed as part of wider groups of buildings or did they act as individual seats of power? This session will examine the relationships between buildings and their estates or the status of their owners. It shall consider how authority was displayed through buildings and their siting in the landscape.