IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1103: The Materiality of Power in the Later Middle Ages
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Anna Boeles Rowland, Merton College, University of Oxford |
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Moderator/Chair: | Rachel E. Moss, Université de Paris I |
Paper 1103-a | The Exchange of Marriage Tokens in Late Medieval London (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Law, Social History |
Paper 1103-b | 'Feirer is none, though it were fore a kyng': Opulence and Power in the 15th-Century Female Household (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Secular, Gender Studies |
Paper 1103-c | The Politics of Pageantry: Chivalric Display at the Court of Juan II of Castile (Language: English) Index terms: Heraldry, Language and Literature - Spanish or Portuguese, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | This session will explore the ways in which power relationships were expressed and mediated through the use of material objects and the physical environment in the late medieval period. Focusing on domestic space, gift giving, and pageantry, the papers will investigate the multifaceted nature of power in the middle ages, drawing on diverse sources, including litigation records, household accounts, and chronicles. The speakers will consider how factors such as gender, social rank, and situation, age, and legal status influenced the ways in which power relationships were formed, maintained, and sometimes broken by both groups and individuals in late medieval Europe. |