IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1310: Views of a Medieval Mediterranean City: Lleida in the 15th Century
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Grup de Recerca Consolidat en Estudis Medievals ‘Espai, Poder i Cultura’, Universitat de Lleida |
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| Organisers: | Flocel Sabaté Curull, Grup de Recerca en Estudis Medievals ‘Espai, Poder i Cultura’, Universitat de Lleida Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida |
| Moderator/Chair: | Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida |
| Paper 1310-a | The Stench of Pestilence: 14th-Century Municipal Measures to Fight Pestilence - The Case of Lleida (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Local History, Medicine, Social History |
| Paper 1310-b | The Crown of Aragon in Crisis: The Interregnum in Lleida and Its Relationships, 1410-1412 (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1310-c | The Church of Lleida during the Episcopate of Antoni Cerdà, 1449-1459 (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Local History, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session offers three related views of an important medieval Mediterranean city during the later Middle Ages: the city of Lleida in Catalonia. The first paper examines the measures taken by Lleida's authorities to combat the plague, noting that there was a direct relation between dirt and illness and intending to apply a series of hygienic and spiritual measures directly related to medieval medicine. Paper -b addresses the role of Lleida and its citizens during the Interregnum, showing how the city tried to manage the arising violence during this problematic period; and paper -c explores how the church of Lleida functioned during the episcopate of Antoni Cerdà, absentee bishop of Lleida in the 15th century. |