Institute for Medieval Studies

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.