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Framing identities, building political organizations. The construction of urban political identities in Late Medieval Western Europe
Abstract:
In recent years, studies on political identity in the middle ages are characterized by a growing attention for the urban element in society, as proves the importance of the analysis of discourses about the political identity of town dwellers and their relationship with both the feudal world and the growing "national" states.
Our aim is to identify the problems involved in the construction of such urban political identities, moulded not only by specific political realities, different levels of urbanisation, and economical, political, etc. difference, but the social structure of cities, the access to power and the relationship between urban (sub)groups and (sub)cultures. Attempts will be made to make an analysis of the different levels that were instrumental for their creation, continuity, changes and
disappearance.
The session will centre around: the tools and strategies related to the construction of identities; their relationship with specific social contexts and implicit and explicit social, political, etc. ambitions the various urban actors might have; and
the coexistence and interaction of identities and their consequence for the construction of political identities, strategies and social networks.
This analysis will comprise the urban realities in Western Europe.
Session conveners:
- José Antonio Jara Fuente
- Peter Stabel
Session type: Main
Classification: MA - Middle Ages
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