Institute for Medieval Studies
IMC 2015 Session
Session | 341 |
Title | The Use and Abuse of the Middle Ages in the Modern World, II: Memorialization and Reinvention |
Date/Time | Monday 6 July 2015: 16.30-18.00 |
Sponsor | CARMEN: Worldwide Medieval Network |
Organiser | Karl Christian Alvestad, Institutt for kultur, religion og samfunnsfag, Fakultet for humaniora, idretts- og utdanningsvitskap, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, Notodden |
Katherine Weikert, Department of History, University of Winchester | |
Moderator/Chair | Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, FernUniversität in Hagen |
Paper 341-a | Mounds of the Past, Monuments of the Present (Language: English) Karl Christian Alvestad, Institutt for kultur, religion og samfunnsfag, Fakultet for humaniora, idretts- og utdanningsvitskap, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, Notodden Index Terms: Archaeology - Sites; Historiography - Modern Scholarship; Medievalism and Antiquarianism; Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 341-b | From Heretic to Hero: The Troubled Memorialization of Fra Dolcino and the Order of Apostles (Language: English) Jerry B. Pierce, Division of Arts & Humanities, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Index Terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship; Medievalism and Antiquarianism; Religious Life |
Abstract | This session, the second of four considering the use or abuse of the Middle Ages in the modern world, considers memorialization and reinvention as a part of using or understanding the medieval past in the modern world and contemporary present. Papers explore how monuments, memorials, and individuals can be maintained, reinvented or appropriated for various uses within the realms of both political and social agendas. Ultimately the papers will seek to understand the modern reinvention of the medieval as a part of a political memory or agenda. |