IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1136: Culture and Conflict, II: Imagining Weapons
Wednesday 6 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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| Organisers: | Trevor Russell Smith, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Moderator/Chair: | Joanna Phillips, School of Law, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1136-a | The Word in the Sword: Towards an Understanding of the Inscribing of Medieval Blades (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Mentalities, Military History |
| Paper 1136-b | Unfamiliar Objects in Medieval German Literature: Military Objects between History and Fiction (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Crusades, Language and Literature - German, Military History |
| Paper 1136-c | The Image of the Soldier and His Equipment in Art: Changes and Perception, 1450-1550 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General, Military History |
| Abstract | This session explores the meaning of weapons as manifested in material, visual, and written culture of the high-late Middle Ages. Dr Jones offers some thoughts on the different and changing motives for the working of words, phrases, letters, and symbols into swords. Ms Kaske examines how narratives relate fictional to real historical objects, creating objects whose meaning oscillates between the familiar and unfamiliar, thereby affecting their meaning. Mr Tzouriadis tracks changes in the visual depiction of soldiers and their equipment in relation to evolving conduct of warfare, and thereby shows changing perception behind technical features of soldiers. |