Buildings that Aren't Churches: The Wider Field of Medieval Architecture
Sponsoring Organization(s)
AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art
Organizer Name
Maile S. Hutterer
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Oregon
Presider Name
Maile S. Hutterer
Paper Title 1
The Grand Master's Palace in Marienburg: New Research on the Most Modern Palace of the Late Middle Ages
Presenter 1 Name
Christofer Herrmann
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Technische Univ. Berlin
Paper Title 2
Biographies of Buildings: Unexpected Stories from Earlier Medieval Manors
Presenter 2 Name
Katherine Weikert
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Winchester
Paper Title 3
History in Stone: Visual Biography and Mythmaking in Ávila’s Medieval Walls
Presenter 3 Name
Hannah Maryan Thomson
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of California-Los Angeles
Start Date
9-5-2019 1:30 PM
Session Location
Bernhard 209
Description
The history of medieval architecture has often been defined by the study of churches, and to a lesser extent monasteries and other ecclesiastical buildings. To some degree, this scholarly emphasis stems from the uneven survival of medieval buildings types but it also comes from the traditional equation of the Middle Ages with Christianity. Churches, however, represent only a fraction of medieval structures. This session provides a forum to explore other building typologies and practices, from bridges and granaries to domestic architecture and city infrastructure. The session welcomes papers on subjects from Latin, Byzantine, and Islamicate contexts. Papers might consider particular case studies, construction techniques, questions of preservation and restoration, and broader questions of historical evidence and/or significance. This session especially seeks papers on aspects of medieval architecture that fall outside of traditional art historical study, but it also welcomes papers that consider the intersections between canonical and non-canonical subjects of inquiry. Maile S. Hutterer
Buildings that Aren't Churches: The Wider Field of Medieval Architecture
Bernhard 209
The history of medieval architecture has often been defined by the study of churches, and to a lesser extent monasteries and other ecclesiastical buildings. To some degree, this scholarly emphasis stems from the uneven survival of medieval buildings types but it also comes from the traditional equation of the Middle Ages with Christianity. Churches, however, represent only a fraction of medieval structures. This session provides a forum to explore other building typologies and practices, from bridges and granaries to domestic architecture and city infrastructure. The session welcomes papers on subjects from Latin, Byzantine, and Islamicate contexts. Papers might consider particular case studies, construction techniques, questions of preservation and restoration, and broader questions of historical evidence and/or significance. This session especially seeks papers on aspects of medieval architecture that fall outside of traditional art historical study, but it also welcomes papers that consider the intersections between canonical and non-canonical subjects of inquiry. Maile S. Hutterer