Detecting women's presence in castle environments through
archaeological and historical sources.

k 2024

Detecting women's presence in castle environments through archaeological and historical sources.

VANĚČKOVÁ, Daniela

Základní údaje

Originální název

Detecting women's presence in castle environments through archaeological and historical sources.

Autoři

VANĚČKOVÁ, Daniela

Vydání

30th EAA Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy, 28-31 August 2024, 2024

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60102 Archaeology

Stát vydavatele

Itálie

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Women, Castle Environment, High Middle Ages, Archaeological Sources, Historical Sources

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 3. 9. 2024 10:27, Mgr. Daniela Vaněčková

Anotace

V originále

The paper will discuss the presence of women in the castle environment, with a new progressive approach. Critically re-evaluated archaeological findings are linked with historical sources, allowing new conclusions to be drawn in the study of the role of women. The reconstruction of women's lives in the Middle Ages has so far only been investigated from historical sources, and archaeological evidence is often only interpreted in general terms without any connection to the presence of women. Women in the Middle Ages used various objects that we have recorded in written sources or period iconography. This large number of different objects, however, is not entirely preserved in the archaeological evidence. With these objects (whether complete or in the form of fragments) there is a generalized interpretation of small objects, objects made of non-ferrous metals, jewelry, unspecified, etc., without gender determination. So, the woman is theoretically recognizable in material culture, but the objects she used are made of poorly preserved materials, unisex, or are poorly or not identified at all. In a case study of known women (from historical sources) who lived at Rokštejn Castle, we will show what the possibilities of archaeology with a combination of historical sources are in detecting women in the castle environment. At Rokštejn Castle, there could be members of the noble family, their ladies-in-waiting, maids, and nurses for their children. Rokštejn Castle presents unique opportunities for exploring medieval society, and that's thanks to ongoing systematic archaeological research, which has lasted continuously since the eighties of the last century. An extensive file of data, which includes documents of material culture, and written and iconographic sources, allows, based on a review of already obtained data, the reconstruction of the quality of life of a woman in a castle environment during the High and Late Middle Ages.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1353/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace IV

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace IV

Citovat

VANĚČKOVÁ, Daniela. Detecting women's presence in castle environments through archaeological and historical sources. In 30th EAA Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy, 28-31 August 2024. 2024.

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   title = {Detecting women's presence in castle environments through archaeological and historical sources.},
   year = {2024}
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VANĚČKOVÁ, Daniela. Detecting women's presence in castle environments through archaeological and historical sources. In \textit{30th EAA Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy, 28-31 August 2024}. 2024.

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