IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 109: Key-Words and Concepts in the Study of Medieval Literacy
Monday 12 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur (OGC), Universiteit Utrecht |
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| Organiser: | Anna Adamska, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
| Moderator/Chair: | Michael Jucker, Historisches Seminar, Universität Luzern |
| Paper 109-a | What about 'Medieval Literacy' Today? (Language: English) Index terms: Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Mentalities |
| Paper 109-b | How to Study Participation in Medieval Literacy (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality, Mentalities |
| Paper 109-c | From Memory to Written Culture: Retrospective (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Charters and Diplomatics, Literacy and Orality, Mentalities |
| Abstract | The last three decades saw much work done on the topic of 'medieval literacy'. Over this period, the notion 'literacy' underwent certain changes, as did notions such as 'literate mentality', 'register of literacy', 'orality', 'written record' and the like. We would like to stop and think about the changes in these and other key concepts in the study of medieval literacy, think about their relationship with the study of medieval written culture, and consider the need for a re-definition of the terms used in current scholarship. |