IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1218: The Materiality of Everyday Life, I: Sources and Approaches
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Chris D. Briggs, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Ben Jervis, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Paper 1218-a | Accidental Deaths, Animals, and Everyday Objects in England, 1240-1257 (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Social History |
| Paper 1218-b | Charting Long-Run Changes in Living Standards, 1370-1600: Felons' Chattels and Archaeological Finds (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - General, Economics - Rural |
| Paper 1218-c | Evidencing Peasant Material Culture through Portable Antiquities Scheme Data (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - General |
| Abstract | This session focuses on the inter-relations between the range of sources available to us for understanding the material lives of medieval people. Drawing on the interdisciplinary ethos of the Leverhulme Trust funded project 'Living Standards and Material Culture in English Rural Households, 1300-1600', the session particularly seeks to explore the advances in understanding that can be made through the combination of historical sources, evidence from archaeological excavations and stray finds collected by metal detectorists. From mentions of everyday objects in association with reports of accidental deaths, to inventories of the seized goods and chattels of the peasantry and items of dress lost whilst working the fields, the session will show how different sources can illuminate a variety of areas of medieval materiality. |