Gerhard Jaritz Libros

Medieval images and their content, intentions, and functions regularly followed specific strategies, rituals and symbols of communication. This is true for religious as well as for secular images. One can recognize these strategies and rituals through analyzing the patterns that occur in the varieties of image construction, image space, image messages, and their perception. The book contains contributions by international specialists whose research interests concentrate on these patterns, the rituals associated with them and the influences of these phenomena on the daily life of the image audience.

Material objects must always be seen in context with the humans who created and used them. It is only possible to recognize and evaluate material culture in connection with human thought and behavior. The material world depends on the immaterial one, and vice versa. Neither sphere can exist without the other. In historical research, however, such contexts have not been considered regularly. In particular, the inter-connections between emotions and material culture have not been taken sufficiently into account in research. This was the reason for the "Institut fur Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der fruhen Neuzeit" to organize a round-table-discussion on "Emotions and Material Culture" and to publish its proceedings. The volume contains eleven contributions by specialists from eight countries. They show various possibilities to contextualize the material world and emotional behavior. They may be seen as a first step towards a "material emotionology" of the past. The complex results are intended to serve as a further impetus towards the systematic and comparative research into "emotional communities" and their material life in the Middle Ages and the early modern period.

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Die Geschichte von Alltag und Sachkultur verdeutlicht die Funktion und Relevanz von Kontrasten in der Lebensgestaltung des Mittelalters durch vielfältige schriftliche, bildliche und archäologische Quellen. Kontraste dienen dazu, Diskurse zu leiten, zu kennzeichnen und zu bewerten. Diese Konstruktionen sind sowohl für soziale und wirtschaftliche Aspekte als auch für theologische, religiöse, moralische und nationale Kategorien von Bedeutung. Im Jahr 1998 veranstaltete das Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften eine Tagung zum Thema „Kontraste im Alltag des Mittelalters“, deren Ergebnisse in diesem Band zusammengefasst sind. Die Beiträge bieten durch vergleichende, qualitative und quantitative Analysen ein umfassenderes Bild des Phänomens und seiner Auswirkungen auf die mittelalterliche Gesellschaft. Sie untersuchen verschiedene Problemkreise, darunter soziale und wirtschaftliche Gegensätze, geschlechtsspezifische Aspekte, Fragen von Raum und Raumfunktion sowie Symbolik und Allegorie. Insgesamt wird ein differenziertes Verständnis der Kontrastmuster in der Normierung, Praxis und Wahrnehmung des mittelalterlichen Alltagslebens angestrebt.

Bürger, Bauer, Bettelmann - den Mönch nicht zu vergessen: Wie haben sie gelebt, wie haben sie den Alltag bewältigt?

Streets played a crucial role in communication during the late Middle Ages, serving not only as routes for traffic and transport but also as integral parts of public space with diverse functions and practices. They were subject to various judgments, evaluations, and norms, reflecting their significance in societal interactions. This multifaceted role is evidenced through a range of written records, religious and secular visual imagery, and surviving original artifacts. Comparative analysis is essential to understanding the street's social functions and its connections to representation, prestige, symbolic meanings, law, order, and religion. Additionally, the streets were involved in broader efforts for improvement and innovation during the period. Exploring these interconnections reveals the complex dynamics at play, highlighting how streets were more than mere thoroughfares; they were vital to the fabric of social life and cultural expression in the late Middle Ages.