IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 542: Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat, I: The Stuff of War
Tuesday 5 July 2022, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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| Organiser: | Jacob H. Deacon, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Moderator/Chair: | Karen Watts, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds / Musée du Louvre, Paris |
| Paper 542-a | Trial by Combat in the Crown of Aragon in the 12th-13th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Mentalities, Military History |
| Paper 542-b | A Typology of Shields: Targes and Pavises (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Military History, Technology |
| Paper 542-c | Of Knyghthode and Bataile and the Origin and Diffusion of English Gunpowder Artillery (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Technology |
| Abstract | This session focuses on the production, typology, and use of medieval arms and armour. Cornel-Peter Rodenbusch will first discuss the evolution of trial by combat in the 12th- and 13th-century Crown of Aragon, with a particular focus on the preservation of local customs as the Crown's borders expanded. Camille Berthelon will then discuss shields that are carried or attached to armour for different combats, both on horseback and on foot. By a study of the construction of extant examples, a typological grouping, and a new terminology can be suggested. Kelly DeVries and Michael Livingston will use a neglected poetic translation of Vegetius to highlight the diffusion of various gunpowder weapons in mid 15th-century England. |