Food and Violence in the Middle Ages I: Representations of Food and Violence in Medieval Art and Literature
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Mens et Mensa: Society for the Study of Food in the Middle Ages
Organizer Name
John A. Bollweg
Organizer Affiliation
Western Michigan Univ.
Presider Name
Montserrat Piera
Presider Affiliation
Temple Univ.
Paper Title 1
Death, Dismemberment, and Delight: Illuminating the Medieval Hunt
Presenter 1 Name
Rebekah L. Pratt
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Arizona State Univ.
Paper Title 2
Got Milk? Lactation, Violence, and the Servant's Voice in Three Old English Riddles
Presenter 2 Name
Robert Stanton
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Boston College
Paper Title 3
Chivalric Adventure as Subtlety in Chrétien de Troye's Erec and Enide
Presenter 3 Name
Morgan Bozick
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Pennsylvania State Univ.
Start Date
9-5-2013 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 2335
Description
Food is a pacifier that is also a resource that occasions violence, sometimes even becoming an instrument of violence. For this session, Mens et Mensa presents papers that explore the ways in which medieval persons or communities understood, represented or used food, and the ideas, practices or artifacts associated with it, to make peace, as the occasion of violence or as an instrument of violence.
John A. Bollweg
Food and Violence in the Middle Ages I: Representations of Food and Violence in Medieval Art and Literature
Schneider 2335
Food is a pacifier that is also a resource that occasions violence, sometimes even becoming an instrument of violence. For this session, Mens et Mensa presents papers that explore the ways in which medieval persons or communities understood, represented or used food, and the ideas, practices or artifacts associated with it, to make peace, as the occasion of violence or as an instrument of violence.
John A. Bollweg