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Power and Society in the Later Middle Ages

Coordinators

Dr. M.J.M. (Mario) Damen

Faculty of Humanities

Geschiedenis

Prof. dr. S. (Serena) Ferente

Faculty of Humanities

Geschiedenis

Research description

This group comprises historians of the later Middle Ages (c. 1000-1500) working across and beyond Western Europe, including France, England, Italy, Iberia, the Near East and, of course, the Low Countries. We explore questions related to identity formation (including territoriality and health), social dynamics (including communication), political representation, legitimation and resistance, and the role that texts, rituals, the built environment and material culture played in shaping them.

Activities

  • Four annual seminars
  • Workshop
  • Conference panel/s
  • Individual and collective publications

Programme for the 2023/2024 first semester seminar series 

(All sessions take place at 16.00, save for 6 December. Locations vary: check
email announcements.)

28 September
Leen Bervoets (Ghent University)

27 October
Niccolò Zennaro (Antwerp University)

24 November
Sander Govaerts (Ghent University)

6 December
Jonas Roelens and Nathan van Kleij (University of Amsterdam)
Book launch: Middeleeuwse medemensen. De clichés over de donkereceeuwen voorbij
https://ertsberg.be/events/boeklancering-middeleeuwse-medemensen-inamsterdam/

19 December
Luke Stanek (Yale University)

26 January
Mario Damen (University of Amsterdam)

Research projects

At this moment members of the research group participate in three projects financed by NWO and ERC: