IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2307: Climates of Violence, IV
Friday 9 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| 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: | Caroline Goodson, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge |
| Respondent: | Ryan Lavelle, Department of History, University of Winchester |
| Paper 2307-a | Urban Spaces, Conflict, and Peace-Making in the Age of Dante, Late 13th - Early 14th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 2307-b | Breaking and Mending: The Destruction of Buildings as a Strategy for Social Conciliation in Medieval Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 2307-c | Violence in Litigation: Informal Enforcement Mechanisms in Late Medieval Bruges (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Social History |
| 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. |