IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 338: Being Famous after a Battle: Heroes and Heroism in the Baltic Sea Region during the Middle Ages
Monday 4 July 2022, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | DFG-Projekt 'Heilige und Helden von der Christianisierung bis zum Nationalismus: Symbole, Bilder, Erinnerung (Nord-West- Russland, baltische und nordische Länder)', Universität Greifswald |
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| Organiser: | Gustavs Strenga, School of Humanities, Tallinn University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Cordelia Hess, Institutionen för historiska studier, Göteborgs Universitet |
| Paper 338-a | Johann von Uexküll: From Medieval Nobleman to Estonian Anti-Hero (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 338-b | Becoming a Hero: Wolter von Plettenberg, the Master the Teutonic Order's Livonian Branch (1494-1535), and the Construction of His Fame (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 338-c | Remembrance of the Crusade of King Valdemar II to Estonia (1219) in Medieval Denmark and Livonia (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Wars, uprisings, and internal conflicts historically have been events during which individuals could demonstrate their valour and leadership that made them suitable to be seen as heroes by their contemporaries. In this session, based on the case studies from medieval Livonia (modern Estonia and Latvia), we will discuss how the medieval and early modern battles and conflicts influenced an individual's opportunities to become a hero or anti-hero after a battle in a long term. The two heroes and anti-hero discussed here were later remembered not only regionally but were known in Northern Europe. |