IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1129: Stuff of War, II: The Sights and Sounds of Battle
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Organiser: | James Titterton, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Moderator/Chair: | Karen Watts, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds / Musée du Louvre, Paris |
Paper 1129-a | Sound on the Later Crusades in the Medieval Baltic (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Military History |
Paper 1129-b | 'The King hath many marching in his coats': The Coat of Arms as an Instrument of Disguise on the Medieval Battlefield (Language: English) Index terms: Heraldry, Military History |
Paper 1129-c | Material Memory and 14th-Century Chivalric Culture: A Forensic Analysis of Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 804 IV, the Powell Roll of Arms (Language: English) Index terms: Heraldry, Military History |
Abstract | Scholars have (rightly) dedicated much time and attention to the study of immaterial aspects of medieval warfare, such as organisation, strategy, tactics, generalship, finance, and ideology. Yet all of these elements were dependent upon material culture; the actual 'stuff of war'. The theme of IMC 2019, 'Materiality', presents an opportunity for scholars to bring together research on these dimensions of military history. This session will consider the role that visual and audible signs played on the medieval battlefield. |