IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 137: Royal Ceremony in the Middle Ages, I: Materiality
Monday 1 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Organiser: | Florence Scott, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Moderator/Chair: | Samuel Bradley, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 137-a | The Images and Insignia of Inauguration in Late Anglo-Saxon and Early Anglo-Norman England (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Social History |
Paper 137-b | Royal Virtues and Queenly Performances: Judith and Esther as Models of Queenship in France, 13th-14th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Political Thought, Women's Studies |
Paper 137-c | The Use and Decoration of Horse Barding in Royal Tournaments (Language: English) Index terms: Heraldry, Military History |
Abstract | This session is part of the 'Royal Ceremony in the Middle Ages' strand, the aim of which is to explore the participants, audience, and materialities involved in royal ceremony, and analyse its wider political and religious significance across space and time. The objects and visual material that were used within ceremonies or created contemporaneously can be effective and enlightening windows into our understanding of royal power and imagery. This session thus seeks to assess the royal ceremony as a time and space in which monarchy is received by an audience and becomes visible, tangible and material. |