IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1622: Cultural Journeys through Time and Space: Sources and Transitions
Thursday 15 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Hilton Shepherd Postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Birmingham |
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| Organiser: | Emily Jane Rozier, Department of English, University of Birmingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Emma Southon, University of Birmingham |
| Paper 1622-a | From Classical to Medieval: Cultural Transition in Early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Demography, Geography and Settlement Studies, Onomastics |
| Paper 1622-b | Through the Eyes of Travellers: Classical and Medieval Views on Marvels (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Middle English, Mentalities |
| Paper 1622-c | The Transnational Gallant: Classical and Medieval Sources of a Satirical Figure (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Middle English, Mentalities, Social History |
| Abstract | 'The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there'. This session explores the dispersal of cultural characteristics across continents and across time periods. We start by examining the material and linguistic culture of a people in migration at the dawn of the Middle Ages. The succeeding paper then compares classical and medieval perceptions of marvel travelogues and topography, asking how marvels were conceptualised differently in antiquity and in the Middle Ages. Finally, we unravel the classical and contemporary Continental origins of the medieval gallant tradition in England and how these models were changed to suit English socio-political concerns. |