IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1125: Friendship in Letters and Letter Collections
Wednesday 11 July 2007, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | British Academy Network for 'Medieval Friendship Networks' |
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| Organiser: | Emilia Jamroziak, Forschungsstelle für Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte (FOVOG), Technische Universität Dresden / Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds |
| Moderator/Chair: | Walter Ysebaert, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO), Vlaanderen / Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte Geschiedenis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| Paper 1125-a | Friendship in the Letters of Philip of Harvengt (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities |
| Paper 1125-b | A Tale of Two Friends: Lawrence of Durham and Aelred of Rievaulx (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities |
| Paper 1125-c | Croatian Humanists and their Correspondence: Different Levels of Communication and Friendship (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities |
| Abstract | The session explores the role of friendship as a writing strategy in diverse letters and letter collections from Hainault and Yorkshire in the High Middle Ages and Dalmatia in the 16th century. The papers adress the question of friendship discourse in relation to personal networks and connections of individual writers. |