IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1311: Medieval Learning before the Universities, II: Learning and Politics
Wednesday 9 July 2008, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Exzellenzcluster 212: 'Religion und Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
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Organisers: | Mia Münster-Swendsen, Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, Københavns Universitet Sita Steckel, Department of History, Harvard University / Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
Moderator/Chair: | Sita Steckel, Department of History, Harvard University / Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
Paper 1311-a | Intellectuals in Politics: Some 11th-Century Cases (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Politics and Diplomacy, Teaching the Middle Ages |
Paper 1311-b | Norms and Forms of Political and Learned Communication: Wit and Irony in 12th-Century Anglo-Norman Historiography (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Latin, Mentalities |
Paper 1311-c | Scholarly Networks in 12th-Century Byzantium: The So-Called 'Patriarchal School' Revisited (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Greek, Teaching the Middle Ages |
Abstract | The study of medieval learning before the universities is currently experiencing an upsurge of interest: While traditional frameworks of interpretation are losing their dominance, studies on the learned cultures of the earlier and central middle ages can profit from a number of new methodological approaches. In this second part of a double session, the crucial aspect of the interrelation of learning and politics is assessed from several thematic and methodological perspectives. |