IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 326: Cultural Convergences at Durham Cathedral Priory
Monday 12 July 2010, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Durham University |
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| Organiser: | Jay Diehl, New York University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston, Texas |
| Paper 326-a | 'The terrible justice of blessed Cuthbert': Objects, Witnesses, and Community in Post-Conquest Durham (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Latin, Religious Life |
| Paper 326-b | Rhetorical Piety: Constructing the Role of Language at 12th-Century Durham (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Literacy and Orality, Monasticism, Philosophy |
| Paper 326-c | Symeon of Durham and the 12th-Century Context of the Libellus de exordio (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval, Local History, Social History |
| Abstract | The community at the Cathedral Priory of Durham underwent several transformations following the advent of Norman administration and the monastic reform of the community by William of St-Calais in 1083. Although many of the administrative and social changes have been well-studied by scholars, several important changes in the cultural and intellectual aspects of the community's life, outside of its manuscript production, have generally been neglected. This panel will bring together three scholars from a variety of disciplines who are all examining the effects of the Norman Conquest and the migration of Norman culture on the community at Durham during the 12th century. |