IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1705: Social Lives of Humans and Animals in the Early Medieval Period, III: Laws and Language

Thursday 7 July 2022, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:	Leverhulme Trust Project 'Cohabiting with Vikings: Social Space in Multispecies Communities'
Organisers:	Harriet Jean Evans, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York Karen Milek, Department of Archaeology, Durham University
Moderator/Chair:	Karen Milek, Department of Archaeology, Durham University
Paper 1705-a	Feuds, Duels, Laws, and Gifts: Dogs in the Social Fabric of Old Norse Literature (Language: English) Ashley Castelino, Department of Anglo-Saxon Norse & Celtic University of Cambridge Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Law, Social History
Paper 1705-b	An Animal of Equal Value: Horses in the Law Codes of the Salian Franks (Language: English) Amanda Peyton Seabolt, Department of History, Trent University, Ontario Index terms: Law, Social History
Paper 1705-c	'When is a pig not a pig? When it's a pig': Rethinking Animal Categorisation in Medieval Iceland and Scandinavia (Language: English) Harriet Jean Evans, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York Index terms: Archaeology - General, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Law, Mentalities
Abstract	The practical, social, and cognitive impacts of living, interacting, and communicating with animals on a daily basis are central aspects of life in multispecies communities. The third panel in our set of interdisciplinary sessions focusses on animal-human relations examined through legal texts and use of language, and how the representation of these animals in texts can lead to more nuanced understandings of the roles and actions of animals in past societies.