IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 813: Le Mans: City, Cathedral, and Culture in the 11th and 12th Centuries, II
Tuesday 10 July 2007, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
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| Organiser: | Lindy Grant, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
| Moderator/Chair: | Anne Lawrence-Mathers, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading |
| Paper 813-a | Art Production and Urban Identity: The Contribution of the Scholars at the Cathedral of Le Mans, c. 1080-1220 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Sculpture, Ecclesiastical History, Education, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 813-b | Lapidary Classicism and the Image of the City: Le Mans, c. 1080-1180 (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - Sculpture, Ecclesiastical History, Learning (The Classical Inheritance) |
| Paper 813-c | Burial Outside the City: Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of England and Lady of Le Mans (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Ecclesiastical History, Gender Studies |
| Abstract | In this second interlinked session the Reading Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies continues its celebration of 'The Medieval City' and of Le Mans in particular. Le Mans was one of the most important cities in the Angevin Empire, and its position, both politically and culturally, was that of an outpost, a city at the margins and at the crossroads. In spite, or perhaps because of this, it was also a centre of remarkable cultural and intellectual vibrancy in the 11th and 12th centuries. This session will continue the exploration of cultural and intellectual production in a great medieval city which is too often forgotten. |