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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 514: The Borders of Climates

Tuesday 6 July 2021, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:National Science Centre Poland Project 'Alberic of Trois-Fontaines & the 13th-Century Cistercian Vision of the Historical & Cultural Community of Europe' / Christianitas
Organiser:Antoni Grabowski, Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa
Moderator/Chair:Polina Ignatova, Department of History, Lancaster University
Paper 514-aThe Iconographical Traditions of the Medieval Headless Men and the Type Having His Eyes on His Shoulders
(Language: English)
Adrienn Orosz, Institute of Library & Information Science Eötvös Loránd University / National Library of Foreign Literature Budapest
Index terms: Art History - General, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 514-bEncroaching on Their Environment: Elusive Creatures as Eco-Warriors
(Language: English)
Kyrie Miranda, Department of English Modern Languages & Philosophy Francis Marion University South Carolina
Index terms: Anthropology, Language and Literature - Comparative
Paper 514-cChanging Cultural Climates: How St Peter of Verona Influenced the Identity of the Inquisition
(Language: English)
Alexandra Rubenstein, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University, Victoria
Index terms: Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Social History
Abstract

In the Middle Ages, authors often described different divisions of the world. Such divisions could be transgressed by heroes and their actions that could influence the environment there, both ecological and socio-political. This connection between borders and climate provides a place for the discussion. As the world was divided between the strange and monstrous and the civilised, the medieval imaginary provided the set of ideas to be used. The three papers serve as an illustration of the connection between borders and border crossing and the influence it had on the climate in its various meanings, from ecology to politics.