IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 215: Crusades and Nature, I
Monday 5 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Jessalynn Bird, Independent Scholar, Chicago Elizabeth Lapina, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Elizabeth Lapina, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Paper 215-a | Celestial Phenomena in Fall 1097 / Spring 1098 in the Chronicles of the First Crusade (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 215-b | Growing, Growing, Gone: Reconstructing Agricultural Cultivation Areas in the Kingdom of Jerusalem (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Economics - Rural |
| Paper 215-c | The Natural World as Enemy: The Polish Crusades into Prussia in 12th-Century Chronicles (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Geography and Settlement Studies |
| Abstract | An understanding of Anthropocene - the history of human interactions with natural environment - has never been more pressing than today. The session will explore the intersection of crusader studies and environmental studies. It will address encounters with, responses to, and representations of a broad variety of natural phenomena (broadly defined) having to do with crusades and the Latin States. The topics include portents and marvels; encounters with familiar and unfamiliar fauna, flora, and natural phenomena; and cultivation, consumption, and trade in crops, fruit, spices, etc. The session will serve as a springboard for an edited collection of articles. |