Delman, Rachel and Boeles Rowland, Anna (2019) Introduction: People, Places and Possessions in Late Medieval England. Journal of Medieval History. pp. 129-144. ISSN 0304-4181
Abstract
This essay examines the rising interest in materiality and its impact on late medieval scholarship. Presenting an overview of the field, it considers how recent attention to physical spaces and objects has shed new light on the lives and experiences of late medieval men and women, and explores the sources and agendas driving new research. In particular, it evaluates the use of written evidence for accessing and investigating material culture, considering the types of documents informing material approaches, and the questions being asked of them. The analysis also reflects upon the distinct scholarly trajectories of building and landscape studies, and the disjuncture between medieval and early modern scholarship in this area. Providing an introduction to this special issue, it shows how the six contributors collectively address these lacunae to offer holistic readings of the relationships between people, places and possessions in late medieval England.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Rachel M. Delman is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of History at the University of York. Her research considers how late medieval women used space and material culture to express their power, agency and influence. Anna Boeles Rowland is a Postdoctoral Teaching Assistant in the Department of History at the University of Leuven. Her research focuses on late medieval social and cultural history, particularly what legal records can reveal about how ordinary people navigated their relationships with each other via material culture, memory and emotional expression. |
Keywords: | materiality,late medieval,England,possessions,places,written things |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 May 2020 15:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 15:57 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2019.1593607 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | No |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/03044181.2019.1593607 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160406 |
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