IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 547: Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat, I: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to the Study of Arms, Armour, and Combat
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Karen Watts, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds / Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Jacob H. Deacon, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 547-a | How to Defeat Your Opponent in Combat at the End of the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Era: The Purpose of Techniques in Fencing and Wrestling Treatises (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - German, Language and Literature - Italian, Military History |
| Paper 547-b | 'Father, may I borrow a horse?': Networks and Identities in Late Medieval Tournaments (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Military History, Social History |
| Paper 547-c | Armour and Adaptability: Portuguese Equipment during the Late 15th and Early 16th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General, Military History |
| Abstract | This panel explores the results of multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of arms, armour, and combat. Pierre-Henry Bas will discuss the purpose of various techniques in fight books in order to establish the martial context which their authors address via the outcomes of several techniques. Samuel Bradley will use letters and diaries to investigate the identities, social status, and backgrounds of competitors in late medieval Italian tournaments as well as requests and loans of both equipment and horses to be used in tournaments. Antonio Oliviera will use artistic and archaeological evidence to assess the armour worn by Portuguese soldiers in North African, Indian, and Brazilian theatres of war. |