IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 1036: Material Culture and Materialities, I: Symbols of Power and Legitimation

Organisers:	Daniel Brown, Historisches Institut, Universität zu Köln Stefanie Schild, Independent Scholar, Hilden
Moderator/Chair:	Daniel Brown, Historisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Paper 1036-a	'For whom the bell tolls': The Role of Objects in 12th-Century Origin Legends (Language: English) Kiri Kolt, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Gender Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Social History
Paper 1036-b	Power and Identity Symbols on the Medieval Border of the Crown of Aragon (Language: English) Mariano Cecilia Espinosa, Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Murcia Gemma Ruiz Ángel, Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro Orihuela, Alicante Index terms: Archaeology - General, Art History - General, Local History
Abstract	Materialities can be widely perceived as buildings, objects, artefacts, matter or material culture and can tell us about the relationship of people and their things. So it is no surprise that this topic can be found in various disciplines. The papers in this session seek to highlight how different materialities were used by royal authorities and communities as symbols of power and legitimation, especially when their legitimacy was contested.