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Wednesday 23 April 2014 14.00 - 16.00
Z-3 URB10a Urban Memory, Language and the Social History of Politics (15th-17th Centuries) I
UR4 Germanistik second floor
Networks: Middle Ages , Urban Chair: Mario Damen
Organizers: Mario Damen, Jelle Haemers, Valerie Vrancken Discussants: -
Christian Kuhn : Mockery and Pamphlets in the Early Modern Public Sphere
The public sphere is one of the most influential ideas of modern history. Both the heuristic concept public sphere and the social history of public communication have been much studied in the last decades. Reason of State thought and censorship practice are now understood as indicators of an already functioning ... (Show more)
The public sphere is one of the most influential ideas of modern history. Both the heuristic concept public sphere and the social history of public communication have been much studied in the last decades. Reason of State thought and censorship practice are now understood as indicators of an already functioning public sphere. Recent studies have focussed on the development of public communication during the early modern period in the sense of an initiation of the "modernité politique" (Albin Michel). The case studies presented in this paper illustrate empirically the functioning of early forms of a public sphere in 16th and 17th century Europe.

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Adam Morton : "From Mockery to Death: Stephen College's 'The Raree Show' - Libel and Death in Restoration England"
This paper examines the trial of Stephen College - a propagandist during the Exclusion Crisis (1678-82) in England - who was executed for seditious libel against the king. This 'crisis' was triggered by Whig attempts to exclude Charles II's brother James, Duke of York, from the throne on the grounds ... (Show more)
This paper examines the trial of Stephen College - a propagandist during the Exclusion Crisis (1678-82) in England - who was executed for seditious libel against the king. This 'crisis' was triggered by Whig attempts to exclude Charles II's brother James, Duke of York, from the throne on the grounds of his Catholicism. The period saw a huge upsurge in printed news (oral, textual and visual) in English culture and the widening of the political classes. Consequently, satire and humour were something of a double-edged sword: effective methods of political contestation, they could also undermine the ideology they represented by becoming libellous (and therefore perceived as threats to the crown). College's trial was a scandal played out in the press, as he was the first man to be tried for the production of a visual libel. A significant part of this paper will consider what made the visual more scandalous than the torrent of textual satire and agitation levelled at the king during the same period as a way of understanding the role(s) which scandal played in the politics of contestation.
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Valeria Van Camp : Li papiers de memores de ce que li eskevins de Mons ont besongniet. A Study of Social Groups and How they were Perceived by the Political Elite of Mons in the 15th Century
The year 1409 marks the beginning of a new series of documents in the city archives of Mons. This series pretended to be the “memory” of the aldermen of the city of Mons, which was the political capital of the county of Hainault. By studying the form and the content ... (Show more)
The year 1409 marks the beginning of a new series of documents in the city archives of Mons. This series pretended to be the “memory” of the aldermen of the city of Mons, which was the political capital of the county of Hainault. By studying the form and the content of the oldest manuscripts in this series, I will study the social composition of different groups of citizens, their relation with the political elite of Mons in the 15th century, and the image the latter had of them. (Show less)

Tineke Van Gassen : The Archives of the City: the Social Memory of Fifteenth-century Ghent
Cities attributed a remarkable importance to the keeping of their archives and other written testimonies of urban power and organization, that was also the case for late medieval Ghent. In this research project, we will focus on five elements related to the city archive and its managements of records: firstly ... (Show more)
Cities attributed a remarkable importance to the keeping of their archives and other written testimonies of urban power and organization, that was also the case for late medieval Ghent. In this research project, we will focus on five elements related to the city archive and its managements of records: firstly the oldest inventory of 1432, secondly the compilation of city cartularies, thereafter the administration of voluntary jurisdiction, in the fourth place a few products of urban historiography and finally the existence of countermemories. We will focus on the emergence and the development of urban archives and the use and functionality of archival documents in a contemporary context. Several administrative documents were constructed to confirm the urban identity. The combined study of the population of the urban administration with the various types of documents (and political instruments) they generated and created, will be exploring the connections between social identities, community building, (historical) time consciousness and practices of literacy. (Show less)



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