IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1603: Castles as Cultural, Social, and Economic Centres of Medieval Society, I
Thursday 7 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Tobias Grüßing, Fachbereich Geschichtswissenschaft, Seminar für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Steffen Patzold, Seminar für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
| Paper 1603-a | Exploring Local Administration beyond Legal History: Ministerials and Servitude Reconsidered (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Social History |
| Paper 1603-b | Castles and Nobility in the Middle High German Prose Lancelot (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Social History |
| Abstract | The development of medieval lordship is inextricably linked with the construction and habitation of castles. These castles provide protection, representation and domination over both people and resources in certain regions. In the first of our two sessions we therefore focus on the composition and development of medieval lordship considering the administration and usage of castles and territory: how did lords acquire land and how did the distribution of land affect the dynamics of society? Which role did the construction and habitation of castles play in the social standing of certain groups? How did the contemporary literature process this topic? |