Ruralia VI, 22nd – 29th September 2005, Szentendre – Dobogókő, Hungary.
The issue of arts and crafts in the medieval rural environment is from one point of view a much-discussed subject, about which – according to some critics and/or pessimists – everything has been already said. Dozens of books have already written and printed about the life in medieval villages, with many examples given of the arts and crafts. The last two or three decades have been especially marked by an abundance of texts and illustrations dealing with everyday life in the Middle Ages. These books, though, are also provide proof of many unverifiable statements, and even errors, that were and are made in the literature about the topic of medieval arts and crafts. The growing use of illustrations also brings with it a risk of becoming, in effect, decorative theatre or film props, instead of relying upon the real evidence, that is, the material remains from the Middle Ages. It is therefore essential to get to grips with this issue from the prospective of the settlement archaeology.
The Association Ruralia – The Jean-Marie Pesez Conferences on Medieval Rural Archaeology held its VI. Conference from 22nd to 29th September 2005, in Hungary in the Open Air Museum of Szentedre and in the Manréza Centre in Dobogókő. The theme of this meeting was 'Arts and Crafts in Medieval Rural Environment – L’artisanat rural dans le monde médiéval – Handwerk im mittelalterlichen ländlichen Raum'. The organisers of the conference wish to express their gratitude to all institutions and persons involved in the organisation, especially to the Open Air Museum of Szentendre, where the opening ceremony was held. We are also grateful to the staff of the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and to the Archeosztráda Ltd for their help in the organisation
Author(s): Jan Klápště, Petr Sommer (eds.)
Series: Ruralia, 6
Publisher: Brepols
Year: 2007
Language: English, French, German
Pages: 420
City: Turnhout
András Pálóczi-Horváth – Miklós Takács / Foreword 1
Reto Marti / The early medieval potteries from Basle’s hinterland (Switzerland) – origin, production and diffusion of the pottery ware 3–16
Jürg Tauber / Das Eisengewerbe im Schweizerischen Jura – Ergebnisse der neueren Forschung 17–29
Kinga Tarcsay / Standortfaktoren der Glasproduktion im österreichischen Mühl- und Waldviertel 31–37
Tajana Sekelj Ivančan – Tatjana Tkalčec / The Earth and Wood Fortification in the Podravina Region (Croatia) and its Relationship to the Settlement and Cemetery 39–51
Miklós Takács / Handwerkliche Produktion in den dörflichen Siedlungen im árpádenzeitlichen Ungarn (10. bis 13. Jahrhundert) 53–70
Zsolt Gallina – Péter Hornok – Krisztina Somogyi / Vorbericht über die archäologische Untersuchung eines awarischen Eisenverhüttungszentrums in der Gemeinde Zamárdi, Komitat Somogy (Ungarn) 71–81
Zsolt Vágner / Overview of medieval pottery kiln types of the Carpathian Basin 83–101
Károly Belényesy / Das andere Dorf. Ein Beitrag zur mittelalterlichen Dorfstruktur in Ungarn 103–109
András Pálóczi-Horváth / The archaeological material of the households of the medieval village of Szentkirály (Hungary) 111–117
Zsuzsa Miklós – Márta Vizi / Beiträge zum Handwerk des mittelalterlichen Marktfleckens Ete (Ungarn) 119–134
Tibor Sabján / Hungarian vernacular stoves of the late Middle Ages in a regional context 135–162
Péter Gróf – Dániel Gróh / The remains of medieval bone carvings from Visegrád (Hungary) 163–166
Heini Kirjavainen – Jaana Riikonen / Changing textile crafts in Turku, SW Finland: from tradition to innovation 167–174
Tiina Jäkärä / A case re-opened: Liikistö – the predecessor of medieval Ulvila town (Finland) 175–178
Jouni Taivainen / Late Iron Age and Medieval Crafts in Rural Environment – with special reference to the Retula Village in Southern Finland 179–187
Eva Svensson / Before a world-system? The peasant-artisan and the market 189–199
Anna Lagerstedt / Craft, outland use and social organisation: A case study of the village of Ängersjö in Northern Sweden 201–206
Lars Erik Narmo / Iron production in medieval in Medieval Norway 207–217
Irene Baug / Prehistoric quarrying on the west coast of Norway – the production of quernstones, millstones and crosses in Hyllestad, Sogn og Fjordane 219–225
Natascha Mehler / Viking age and medieval craft in Iceland: Adaptation to extraordinary living conditions on the edge of the Old World 227–244
Niall Brady / Agricultural Tools and Agrarian Development in Early Medieval Ireland 245–250
Alan Vince / Pottery Production and Use in Northern England in the 5th to 12th Centuries 251–264
Mark Gardiner / Graffiti and their Use in Late Medieval England 265–276
James Bond / Medieval Charcoal-burning in England 277–294
Stephen Moorhouse / The quarrying of building stone and stone artefacts in medieval Yorkshire: a multi-disciplinary approach 295–319
Jeremy K. Knight / Rural Industries in Pre-industrial South Wales 321–326
Bert Groenewoudt / Charcoal Burning and Landscape Dynamics in the Early Medieval Netherlands 327–337
Raphaël Vanmechelen – Sylvie de Longueville / Habitat rural et production céramique: l’atelier de potier de Haillot, Belgique (10e–11e siècles) 339–353
Stefan Krabath / Mittelalterliche Buntmetallverarbeitung in ländlichen Siedlungen 355-362
Gerson H. Jeute / Social and Ethnic Aspects of rural non-agrarian production in Brandenburg (East Germany) in the Middle Ages and the modern era 363–373
Claudia Theune / Ländliches und städtisches Handwerk im mittelalterlichen Brandenburg 375–387
Sonja König – Götz Alper / Mittelalterliche Töpfereien im ländlichen Raum in Südniedersachsen und Nordhessen 389–404
Susanne Arnold / Salzgewinnung in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit im Südwesten Deutschlands 404–411
