IMC 2006: Sessions

Session 1502: The Performance of Aristocratic Court Culture in Medieval Europe, I

Thursday 13 July 2006, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:	Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter
Organiser:	Emma Cayley, Department of French, University of Exeter
Moderator/Chair:	Anthony Musson, School of Law, University of Exeter
Paper 1502-a	Sleepless Knights in Late Medieval French Debate Poetry (Language: English) Emma Cayley, Department of French, University of Exeter Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1502-b	New Year's Songs and Lyrics in Late Medieval France and Italy (Language: English) Yolanda Plumley, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Language and Literature - Italian, Music
Paper 1502-c	Visions of Aristocracy in 12th- and 13th-Century Iberia (Language: English) Simon Barton, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Exeter Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Spanish or Portuguese, Social History
Abstract	The Centre for Medieval Studies at Exeter is sponsoring two linked sessions, of which this is the first, which seek to investigate, and deepen understanding of the multiple ways in which aristocratic court culture was performed and experienced in medieval Europe. These two sessions bring together scholars from Exeter working in different disciplines to offer a dynamic and interdisciplinary approach to a fascinating topic. In particular we are interested to explore the interface of poetry, music, literature, and law within court settings, as well as discussing the figures behind this body of 'text' and their interaction as part of interpretative communities.