IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 237: Setting the Record: Constructing Power through Materiality and Memorialisation in the Middle Ages
Monday 1 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Daniel Oliver, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Stuart Airlie, School of Humanities (History), University of Glasgow |
| Paper 237-a | Materiality and Memory: The Tomb of Richard II and Creating an Afterlife (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Lay Piety, Political Thought |
| Paper 237-b | The Representation of Tombs in the Works by Gregory of Tours (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism |
| Paper 237-c | Fictive Motherhood: The Tomb of Anne of Bohemia (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Lay Piety, Sexuality, Women's Studies |
| Abstract | This session will seek to explore how the construction of tangible physical monuments in the Middle Ages was linked to the creation of an intangible afterlife - the reputation, image, and power that the deceased left behind. Papers will examine why and how individuals in the Middle Ages used these monuments to shape their memory and how they continued to be relevant to the afterlife long after the person had died. Areas in which tombs were influential in creating perceptions which will be examined in this panel include motherhood, autonomy, kingship, and sanctity. |