IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 201: Aspects of Ælfric
Monday 11 July 2005, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Hugh Magennis, School of Arts, English & Languages, Queen's University Belfast |
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Moderator/Chair: | Hugh Magennis, School of Arts, English & Languages, Queen's University Belfast |
Paper 201-a | Jewish and Anti-Jewish in Ælfric (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism |
Paper 201-b | Making Ælfric's Readers (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Old English, Monasticism, Sermons and Preaching |
Paper 201-c | 'Whose Side Are You on?': Ælfric's Perception of Evil Roman Emperors and Persecutors (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin |
Abstract | Papers on Ælfric have been a staple feature of Old English sessions at the IMC each year but the proposed session is the firt one to focus specifically on this important Anglo-Saxon writer, bringing together three papers on aspects of his homiletic and hagiographical writings. The participants are specialists in Ælfric and the session aims to illuminate complementary features of Ælfric's work, with a view to stimulating further debate on current research issues, as represented in the work of the participants. |