The Culture of Port Cities in the Fourteenth Century
Sponsoring Organization(s)
14th Century Society
Organizer Name
William Chester Jordan
Organizer Affiliation
Princeton Univ.
Presider Name
Marie D'Aguanno Ito
Presider Affiliation
Georgetown Univ.
Paper Title 1
Ports and Prostitutes: Rethinking the Margins
Presenter 1 Name
Susan McDonough
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Maryland–Baltimore County
Paper Title 2
Wissant: The Forgotten Port
Presenter 2 Name
William Chester Jordan
Start Date
13-5-2016 3:30 PM
Session Location
Valley III Stinson 303
Description
The Culture of Port Cities in the Fourteenth Century.
Organizer: William Chester Jordan, Princeton University, wchester@princeton.edu.
The phrase "port cities," as it applies to the Middle Ages, subsumes: (1) densely populated settlements on the marine littoral in which activities directly related to shipping dominate the economy and society (e.g. Dover); (2) similarly populated settlements in which shipping and shipbuilding are important but secondary to the actual production of goods within the settlements for subsequent trade oversea or inland (e.g., a number of Italian cities); and (3) also similarly populated settlements which serve equally or primarily as centers of territorial governance (e.g., ducal Rouen). This session explores the variety of fourteenth-century port cities and the distinctive cultural life they manifested.
Marie D. Ito
The Culture of Port Cities in the Fourteenth Century
Valley III Stinson 303
The Culture of Port Cities in the Fourteenth Century.
Organizer: William Chester Jordan, Princeton University, wchester@princeton.edu.
The phrase "port cities," as it applies to the Middle Ages, subsumes: (1) densely populated settlements on the marine littoral in which activities directly related to shipping dominate the economy and society (e.g. Dover); (2) similarly populated settlements in which shipping and shipbuilding are important but secondary to the actual production of goods within the settlements for subsequent trade oversea or inland (e.g., a number of Italian cities); and (3) also similarly populated settlements which serve equally or primarily as centers of territorial governance (e.g., ducal Rouen). This session explores the variety of fourteenth-century port cities and the distinctive cultural life they manifested.
Marie D. Ito