IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 220: The Materiality of Noble Power, I: Military Matters

Monday 5 July 2021, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:	Sonderforschungsbereich 933 'Materiale Textkulturen', Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Organiser:	Abby Armstrong, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University
Moderator/Chair:	Audrey Thorstad, School of History, Welsh History & Archaeology, Bangor University
Paper 220-a	A Versatile Steel Skin: The Representations and Roles of Armour in Late 14th-Century Texts and Images (Language: English) Robert Williamson, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Index terms: Gender Studies, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 220-b	Posh Bucklers: The Noble Use of Ignoble Objects (Language: English) Craig Hambling, Independent Scholar, Colchester Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Technology
Paper 220-c	Authority and Destruction: Expressing Royal Power through the Destruction of Castles in 12th-Century England (Language: English) Richard Nevell, Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	In the Middle Ages, the power, influence, and authority of the nobility could be manifested through a number of material mediums. These different artefacts were each used within specific contexts for particular purposes, to display, emphasise, and exert their lordship. The strand aims to explore how lordly authority was displayed and demonstrated through a range of sources, from material culture to documents and literature. This first panel focusses on military matters, examining the representation and use of armour and weaponry, as well as the deliberate damaging of castles.