IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1556: What After Crossing the Borders?: Urbanisation on the Cultural Frontier
Thursday 9 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Jakub Sawicki, Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Maciej Tomasz Radomski, Institute of Archaeology & Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa |
| Paper 1556-a | The Frontiers of Knowledge: Spatial Layout and Development of Early Silesian Towns (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Secular, Geography and Settlement Studies |
| Paper 1556-b | Material Culture of Borderland Towns: The Case of Medieval Wrocław (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Mentalities, Technology |
| Paper 1556-c | Thresholds of Speculation: The First Retables in Silesian Parish Churches (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Art History - Sculpture, Lay Piety |
| Abstract | In the 13th century, the territory of Silesia (in today's Poland) saw a massive influx of settlers, mostly Germanic-speaking people, bringing new law, cultural patterns, and social organization. As a result, this region had shortly turned into a unique cultural frontier. The session aims to revisit this long disputed and interpreted (also within nationalistic discourse) phenomenon from the perspective of art history, urban studies, and archaeology. Special attention will be paid to the events taking place directly after crossing the borders by the foreigners, as well as their impact on the local material culture, law, urban planning, and art. |