IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1740: The Other Look at Early Medieval Societies: The Phenomenon of Militarisation, III - Using Early Medieval Weapons
Thursday 6 July 2017, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, Köln |
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Organisers: | Guido M. Berndt, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin Laury Sarti, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
Moderator/Chair: | Christopher Heath, Department of History, University of Manchester |
Paper 1740-a | Martiality and beyond (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Historiography - Medieval, Military History |
Paper 1740-b | The Social Meaning of Weapon Burials in Early Medieval Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Military History |
Paper 1740-c | The Military Force and Weapons of the Gepids in Light of the Written and Archaeological Sources (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Historiography - Medieval, Military History |
Paper 1740-d | Fight for Your Right!: Using Weapons as Legal Remedies in Carolingian Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Military History |
Abstract | Although early medieval societies underwent a continual process of militarisation, this is a subject that only recently has come into the focus of modern research. These sessions collect papers dealing with different aspects of this phenomenon by using regional case studies as well as subject-related approaches. This third session explores the uses and significance of weapons. Paper (-a) focusses on historiographical and archaeological sources on Lombard armament, while paper (-b) looks at the role of weapon depositions in defining social roles like masculinity, age at death, and rank. Paper (-c) explores the example of the Gepids to argue that weapons represented warrior status, age, and financial and family situation, whereas paper (-d) discusses the use of weapons in Carolingian judicial conflicts. |