IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1320: Food in the Cities during War and Peace: Western Europe and Central-Eastern Europe - A Comparison
Wednesday 6 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Beata Możejko, Zakład Historii Średniowiecza Polski i Nauk Pomocniczych Historii, Uniwersytet Gdański |
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Moderator/Chair: | Balázs Nagy, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
Paper 1320-a | Food Provisioning of the Gdansk Naval Squadron in the Late Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Urban, Maritime and Naval Studies, Social History |
Paper 1320-b | Spying on the Enemy's Food: Intelligence and Provision of Food during the Preparations of Naval Campaigns - Ceuta (1415) and Tripoli (1551) Compared (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - General, Military History, Social History |
Paper 1320-c | The Oaths of Office of Municipal Servants as a Source for Townspeople's Food in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era - The Example of Silesian and Moravian Towns (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Law, Military History, Social History |
Abstract | The main problem was food in the medieval cities during war and peace. Paper a: During the war between Scandinavia and Hansa, Gdansk provided food especially for Lübeck. The question is how and by what routes foods was transported for the navy? Paper b: A cross-cultural perspective on the connection between fleet preparation and food provisioning with case studies, the Portuguese campaign against Ceuta in 1415 and the Ottoman campaign against Tripoli in 1551. Paper c: In the city like Wroclaw sworn officers connected with the food processing and distribution and it was an important part of community life. The paper concerns the analysis of their oaths of office in peacetime but also in the case of war. |