IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 736: Borderlines: Navigating the Medieval through History, I
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Claire Kennan, Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London Emma J. Wells, Centre for Lifelong Learning / Department of History, University of York |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Paul R. Dryburgh, The National Archives, Kew |
| Paper 736-a | 'A Fashioned Legacy': The Art of Commemorating the Early Tudors (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Art History - General, Ecclesiastical History, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 736-b | Great Expectations: The Imagery of the Book of Kells in the Age of Technical Reproduction (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Technology |
| Paper 736-c | Sacred Space in the Medieval World: A Course in Medieval Religion for the Secular Art Student (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General, Religious Life, Teaching the Middle Ages |
| Abstract | Despite the perennial fascination with the Middle Ages, there has been little comprehensive exploration of its historical legacy. This session aims to mediate the borders of the medieval. The intention is to address the copious ways the medieval era has been used, abused, altered, developed, and manipulated in both academia and popular culture, from its origins to the present day. We will consider how the era has been continuously reinvented to reflect cultural, political, and religious demands, from the 'brutality' and 'lawlessness' often synonymous with the term, to idealistic and ideological tropes ascribed to the broader concept of 'medievalism', and particularly how the 20th- and 21st centuries have witnessed an explosion of representations of the period, in print, on screen, and across mainstream culture. |