IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1637: Collective Memory and Memorial Culture in Parish, Town, and Guild
Thursday 5 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Claire Kennan, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London |
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Moderator/Chair: | Marianne Wilson, Department of Collections Expertise & Engagement, The National Archives, Kew |
Paper 1637-a | For the Good of the Soul: Memory and Remembrance in Parish Guilds (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Social History |
Paper 1637-b | 'From time immemorial…': An Examination of Memory, Discourse, and Legal Consciousness in the 1388 Guild Petitions (Language: English) Index terms: Literacy and Orality, Political Thought |
Paper 1637-c | Common Profit Books and Memorial Culture in 15th-Century London (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Social History |
Abstract | This panel explores collective memory, memorial culture, and identity in late medieval London and Lincolnshire. Papers will provide an interdisciplinary approach to the medieval use of memory in legal, spiritual, and urban contexts. Aspects of group behaviour and identity are explored through the examination of textual and architectural sources, using both literary and historical perspectives. These papers examine the use of collective memory in various situations, including remembrance of the dead, the concept of common profit, local traditions such as meetings and feasts, and in legal settings where memory formed an integral part of local discourse. |