IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 558: Archaeological Artefacts of Early Medieval Society
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
Organiser: | Daan Lijdsman, Faculteit der Letteren, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen |
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Moderator/Chair: | James Michael Harland, Department of Arts, Design & Social Sciences, Northumbria University |
Paper 558-a | The Prittlewell Prince's Costly Cutlery: Byzantine Baptismal Spoons in their Early Medieval Insular Context (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Epigraphy, Religious Life |
Paper 558-b | 'All that glitters is not gold': Merovingian Elite Burials in Northern Gaul (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Economics - Rural, Social History |
Paper 558-c | Double Monasteries and Gender in Early Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Gender Studies, Monasticism |
Abstract | This session investigates current developments in scholarship on the material culture of early medieval Frankish and insular societies. Combining analyses of burial sites, building material, and historical literary sources, this session aims to shed light on the function of early medieval grave goods in the contexts of religion, elite culture, and gender. Topics addressed in this session include the religious function of Byzantine baptismal spoons found in richly furnished insular graves, the methodological problems of the concept of 'elite burials', and the ramifications of double monasteries on Christian gender constructions. |