Book Series Memoria and Remembrance practices, vol. 5

Remembering the Dead

Collective Memory and Commemoration in Late Medieval Livonia

Gustavs Strenga

  • Pages: approx. 300 p.
  • Size:178 x 254 mm
  • Illustrations:20 b/w, 5 tables b/w., 4 maps b/w
  • Language(s):English
  • Publication Year:2023


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  • ISBN: 978-2-503-59119-3
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Medieval memoria – commemoration of the dead – was both a form of collective memory and a formative social practice.

BIO

Gustavs Strenga (PhD) is a post-doc research fellow at the University of Greifswald. The history of medieval Livonia, memory studies, remembrance of medieval heroes, ethnicity in the Middle Ages, gift giving as a historical phenomenon, and book history are his main academic interests.

Summary

Medieval memoria – commemoration of the dead – was both a form of collective memory and a social practice that was present in every sphere of life. It shaped identities and constituted groups, thus the research of commemorative practices can tell lots about medieval communities. This study reveals importance of memoria as a form collective memory for different groups and institutions: urban government and guilds, the Teutonic Order, bishops and cathedral chapters, and monastic communities, in late medieval Livonia (modern day Latvia and Estonia). Livonia was Christianised during the thirteenth century and rapidly woven in the fabric of medieval European culture and the historiographical narratives of this period represented collective memory of multiple Livonian communities.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1. Remembering Origins
Chapter 2. Commemoration of a Group and its Leaders
Chapter 3. Networks of Memory – Livonia and Beyond
Chapter 4. Conflict and Memory
Chapter 5. Memoria and Urban Elites
Chapter 6. Memoria and the Non-elites
Chapter 7. Reformation and Memoria

Conclusion