IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 101: Vernaculars in 12th-Century England
Monday 9 July 2007, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | The Production & Use of English Manuscripts, 1060 to 1220 |
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Organiser: | Orietta Da Rold, School of English, University of Leicester |
Moderator/Chair: | Elaine Treharne, Department of English, University of Leicester |
Paper 101-a | Language, Position, and Power: A Few Thoughts on the Latin in Peterborough Texts (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - Latin |
Paper 101-b | Conversion Politics in 12th-Century England: Anglo-Norman Hybridity and the Chanson de Roland (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
Paper 101-c | Mind the Gap: Words Derived from Old Norse and 12th-Century English (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Abstract | This session will focus on the languages used in England from the later 11th to early 13th century and their interrelations. The first paper will reflect on the use of Latin; the second will discuss the political implications of reading French poetry in an Anglo-Norman society, and the third will investigate the presence of words derived from Old Norse in selected 12th century English writings, particularly 'recopyings' of Old English texts. |