IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 536: Communities in Medieval Towns, I: Debating Boundaries
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Russian Science Foundation, Moscow |
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| Organiser: | Pavel Uvarov, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| Moderator/Chair: | Anna Anisimova, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| Paper 536-a | Boundaries of a Town, Boundaries of a Diocese, Boundaries of a University: Paris at the Turn of the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Mentalities, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 536-b | Ecclesiastical Power and Civic Identity in the Medieval Fête des Merveilles in Lyon (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Local History, Social History |
| Paper 536-c | Changing Limits of Urban Privileges: The Case of Poperinge (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Social History |
| Abstract | One of the most interesting moments in the history of a community is that of its spontaneous emergence. However, that moment usually presents less evidence. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that emerging groups, may be even not yet regulated by a rule, can be defined by boundaries of different nature - legal, topographical, mental, etc. - and by an opposition. At the same time, the opposite situation is also possible, with boundaries coming first and stimulating the consolidation of a group, i.e. boundaries could have formed communities. |