Medieval Life : Archaeology and the Life Course
Roberta. Gilchrist
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Woodbridge : Boydell Press , 2012
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (362 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Archaeology and the Life Course; 1.1 The life course: archaeology on a human scale; 1.2 Embodiment and ritual; 1.3 Biography and agency; 1.4 Time and memory; 1.5 The medieval 'extended life course'; 1.6 Sources and scales of analysis; 2 Experiencing Age: the Medieval Body; 2.1 Humoral theory and the Ages of Man; 2.2 'Temporal biology': experiencing medieval age; 2.3 Osteobiography: the materiality of the body; 2.4 Medieval 'osteobiographies': from infancy to old age. - 3 Clothing the Body: Age, Sexuality and Transitional Rites3.1 'Social skins': medieval clothing; 3.2 Constructing difference: age and identity; 3.3 Rites de passages: marking life course transitions; 3.4 Shaping the body: sexuality and social order; 3.5 Coming of Age: seasonal rites and courting; 4 The Medieval Household: the Material Culture of Everyday Life; 4.1 Materiality and domesticity; 4.2 Marriage and other lifestyles; 4.3 Conception and birth: the material practices of motherhood; 4.4 The family: growing up and growing old; 4.5 Domestic devotion: care for the body and soul. - 5 The Medieval Church and Cemetery: the Quick and the Dead5.1 Performing piety; 5.2 The imagery of the parish church: life and afterlife; 5.3 Life course rituals: transforming the body; 5.4 Living with the dead; 5.5 Burial: the journey to the afterlife; 6 Medieval Lives: People and Things; 6.1 What did medieval objects do?; 6.2 'Animating' objects: the person/object boundary; 6.3 Metaphors and materials: 'special deposits' in medieval buildings; 6.4 Heirlooms and 'curated' objects; 6.5 Materiality: connecting the biographies of people and things. - Appendix 1 The Medieval Ages of Man: natural, humoral, temporal and material associations of ageAppendix 2 Excavated Medieval Cemeteries Discussed in the Text; Appendix 3 Indicative Age Profiles Based on Excavated Medieval Cemeteries; Appendix 4 Children's Clothing and Dress Accessories from Burial Contexts in Britain: infants to 15-year olds; Appendix 5 Sexual Signs: medieval dress accessories incorporating sexual imagery; Appendix 6 Dress Accessories Associated with May Festivities; Appendix 7 Love Gifts: dress accessories associated with courting and betrothal. - Appendix 8 Apotropaic Materials: dress accessories, domestic and devotional objectsAppendix 9 Charms: devotional inscriptions on excavated objects and dress accessories; Appendix 10 Devotional Inscriptions on Medieval Finds from the PortableAntiquities Scheme; Appendix 11 Priests' Burials from Medieval English Parish Churches and Hospitals; Appendix 12 Grave Goods associated with Aged Skeletons from Medieval EnglishParish Churches and Hospitals; Appendix 13 The Classification of Grave Goods from Medieval Burials; Appendix 14 Infant Burials from Domestic Contexts in Medieval England. - Bibliography. - An examination of daily life in the Middle Ages which reveals the intimate relations between age groups, between the living and the dead, and between people and things.
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| Emner | Material culture - History - England
Anthropology Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Vis mer... Culture
History History, Medieval Humanities Social Sciences Sociology Archaeology, Medieval -- England. Archaeology, Medieval. Archaeology. Material culture -- England -- History -- To 1500. Arkeologi Dagligliv Great Britain History & Archaeology History - General Middelalderen Regions & Countries - Europe middelalder dagliglivet arkeologi matriell kultur |
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| ISBN | 9781843837220
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