IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 809: Emotions in the Courtroom
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Centre for Mediaeval & Early Modern Law & Literature, University of St Andrews / Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions |
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| Organiser: | Kimberley-Joy Knight, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Sydney |
| Moderator/Chair: | John Hudson, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
| Paper 809-a | Frustration Leads to Anger: Laymen and Clerics in the Courtroom (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Mentalities |
| Paper 809-b | The Function of Displays of Anger and Fear in 12th-Century English Courtroom Disputes (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Rhetoric |
| Paper 809-c | Fear and Loathing in Medieval Scandinavia (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Law |
| Abstract | The recent surge of interest in the history of the emotions has seen medievalists uncover a broad range of new source material recording the affective lives of Europeans in the Middle Ages. A parallel growth of interest in crime and judicial records from ecclesiastical and secular courts has identified these as excellent sources and made clear that the courtroom could be a locus for emotionally charged events, in which anger, fear, and love feature prominently. This panel will bring together the insights on fear, and will address the following themes: |