IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 642: Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat, II: Identities and Images of the Armed and Armoured
Tuesday 5 July 2022, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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| Organiser: | Karen Watts, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds / Musée du Louvre, Paris |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jacob H. Deacon, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 642-a | B(e)aring a Blade: Bearing Swords in the High and Late Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 642-b | Grotesques, Demons, and Undead: Depictions of Non-Human Soldiers in the 16th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Military History |
| Abstract | This session explores the identities of the men and women who used arms and armour. Rob Jones will look at who carried a sword as a symbol of power, the ways in which these swords were carried, and what this signified about the bearer's or owner's power and status. Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis will consider non-human themes in the depiction of soldiers in the late 15th and 16th centuries and the theological and socio-political reasons for where, when, and why such themes became popular trends. |