IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2207: Climates of Violence, III
Friday 9 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Faculty of History, University of Cambridge / St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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Organisers: | Giulia Bellato, Trinity College, University of Cambridge Aron Kecskes, School of History, University of St Andrews |
Moderator/Chair: | Abigail J. Hartman, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
Paper 2207-a | Women's Bodies and the Crime of Poison in Late Medieval Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Law |
Paper 2207-b | Violence against Women in Siena, 13th-14th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Women's Studies |
Paper 2207-c | The Violent Act of reaflac: Old English Constructions of Illegitimate Land Seizure in 10th-Century Property Disputes (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Law |
Abstract | When thinking about the Middle Ages, violence is one element that routinely colours understandings of these centuries. The assumption of medieval societies having been immersed in a climate of violence is a persistent one. Violence, however, was not a fixed condition, but rather a flexible and contextual set of practices. Can we still talk of a static medieval 'climate of violence', or would it be more productive to move our focus onto 'climates of violence'? This strand offers a variety of approaches to understand and re-assess the place and the functions of violence as a medieval social practice. |