IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 202: Reconciling Ideals and Realities in 12th-Century English Historiography
Monday 13 July 2009, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, Universitetet i Bergen |
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| Organiser: | Jaakko Tahkokallio, Department of History, University of Helsinki |
| Moderator/Chair: | Chris Given-Wilson, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
| Paper 202-a | Providence and Politics in William of Malmesbury's Historia Novella (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities |
| Paper 202-b | High Medieval Appetite for Geoffrey of Monmouth: Evidence from the Margins of Manuscripts (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Manuscripts and Palaeography, Philosophy |
| Paper 202-c | Styli officium: Pious Obedience and Scholarly Independence in 12th-Century Monastic Historiography in England (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Philosophy, Theology |
| Abstract | This session explores historiographical culture in 12th-century England, focusing primarily on the works of William of Malmesbury and Geoffrey of Monmouth. It looks at particular texts in the more general context offered by philosophical debates on the place of history in medieval thought. The papers examine, each from a different methodological perspective, how normative theological ideas about the nature of history were compatible with the actual writing and reading of historical texts. |