IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 208: Medieval Bodies: Human and Animal
Monday 2 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Onderzoeksschool Mediëvistiek, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
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| Organiser: | Rob Meens, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Moderator/Chair: | Rob Meens, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Paper 208-a | The Valley of the Changing Sheep in the Middle Welsh Tale Peredur ab Efrawc (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Language and Literature - Celtic |
| Paper 208-b | Dehumanising Humans, or Humanising Animals?: The Human-Animal Divide in the Late Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Daily Life, Law, Social History |
| Paper 208-c | Developing a Culture of Sports and Physical Exercise in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Daily Life, Social History |
| Abstract | Man in his physical state, as a body, is arguably very close to, or perhaps indistinguishable from, an animal. This session investigates medieval conceptions of the body (human and animal), the human-animal divide and the diverse ways in which such concepts were employed. It looks in particular at the motif of sheep changing in appearance in a Middle Welsh tale (paper -a), at the divide between animals and humans (paper -b), and finally at the ways in which physical exercise can contribute to human health and well-being in the 15th and 16th centuries. |