IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1516: Middle Dutch Views on Nature
Thursday 10 July 2008, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies / Werkgroep Middelnederlandse Artes-Literatuur (WEMAL), Universiteit Utrecht |
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Organiser: | Gerard Bouwmeester, Afdeling Middelnederlandse Letterkunde, Universiteit Utrecht |
Moderator/Chair: | Gerard Bouwmeester, Afdeling Middelnederlandse Letterkunde, Universiteit Utrecht |
Paper 1516-a | Nature as a Metaphor: Natureingänge and the Allegoric Use of Nature in the Work of Willem van Hildegaersberch (ca. 1400) (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch |
Paper 1516-b | The Middle Dutch Tradition of Women's Medicine (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Dutch, Women's Studies |
Paper 1516-c | Representations of the Human Body in Yperman's Cyrurgie (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Medicine, Science |
Abstract | The Low Countries have a rich medieval literary tradition. That Middle Dutch literature is less studied than its German, French, and English neighbours, is probably more because of linguistic boundaries in both primary and secondary literature than because literature from the Low Countries is not an interesting study object. In an attempt to break through this barrier, three scholars will present their Middle Dutch research projects related to this year's thematic strand, The Natural World. There will be papers on the work of Willem van Hildegaersberch, Middle Dutch women's secrets, and a surgeon's manual by Jan Yperman. |