IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1235: Evolving Identities in Medieval England: Pots, Personal Names, and Misericords
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval & Ancient Research Centre (MARCUS), University of Sheffield |
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| Organiser: | James Chetwood, Department of History, University of Sheffield |
| Moderator/Chair: | Charles West, Department of History, University of Sheffield |
| Paper 1235-a | Rebirth and Renewal: Medieval Pottery and the Lifecycle, c. 1240 – c. 1450 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Sexuality, Social History |
| Paper 1235-b | Visual Culture in Late Medieval English Nunneries: Subversion, Shock, and Scandal at Swine Priory (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Monasticism, Religious Life, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1235-c | Personal Naming and Social Identity in Medieval England, c. 850 - c. 1350: Would a Rose by Any Other Name Really Smell as Sweet? (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Onomastics, Social History |
| Abstract | What can the biographies of ceramic vessels tell us about the rhythms of medieval life and the aspirations of the people that used them? How did late medieval nuns use visual culture to represent their behaviour, their male contemporaries, and their wider community? What can patterns of personal naming tell us about the transformation of medieval communities? This session will explore evolving medieval identities through three different elements of everyday life. In doing so, they will shed new light on how medieval identities were formed, portrayed, and reproduced, and how elements such as gender, spirituality, and the family were incorporated. |