IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 101: Medieval Sermon Writing and Preaching Performances
Monday 10 July 2006, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Victoria Bristow, School of English Studies, University of Nottingham |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Mary Swan, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 101-a | Wulfstan's Performance of Lectio Secundum Lucam (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 101-b | The Performance Context of the Norwegian Homily Book (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 101-c | Scripts for Preaching in Anglo-Saxon England: The Evidence of Manuscript Layout and the Booklet Format (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Sermons and Preaching |
| Abstract | Anglo-Saxon sermons are only exceptionally labelled as records of, or scripts for, specific preaching performances, and then never unambiguously. Accounts of, or references to preaching performances in primary sources are also rare, and no single account of a preaching performance can be connected with certainty to a surviving sermon text. In other medieval literatures, explicit information is sometimes given to indicate the nature and extent of the relationship between sermon texts and preaching performances. This session will aim to generate ideas to contribute to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon literate practice and oral performance, and the relationship between them, within the context of preaching and sermon writing. An example from Old Norse literature will provide a useful comparandum to the Anglo-Saxon context. |