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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
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-aWomen's Bodies and the Crime of Poison in Late Medieval Italy
(Language: English)
Emilia Musumeci, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Teramo
Index terms: Gender Studies, Law
Paper 2207-bViolence against Women in Siena, 13th-14th Centuries
(Language: English)
Giuseppe Giunta, Dipartimento di Scienze storiche e dei beni culturali, Università di Siena
Index terms: Local History, Women's Studies
Paper 2207-cThe Violent Act of reaflac: Old English Constructions of Illegitimate Land Seizure in 10th-Century Property Disputes
(Language: English)
Brittany Hanlon, Department of Anglo-Saxon Norse & Celtic University of Cambridge
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.