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IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 522: Travel in Medieval Chronicles

Tuesday 13 July 2010, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:Medieval Chronicle Society
Organiser:Sjoerd Levelt, Warburg Institute, University of London
Moderator/Chair:Sjoerd Levelt, Warburg Institute, University of London
Paper 522-aTravelling under Duress: Long Distance Military Relief in 15th- and 16th-Century Swiss Chronicles
(Language: English)
Regula Schmid Keeling, Geschichte des Mittelalters, Universität Fribourg
Index terms: Daily Life, Historiography - Medieval, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 522-bThe Unwilling Traveller: Guillaume de Villeneuve and his Viatique
(Language: English)
Cristian Bratu, Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Baylor University, Texas
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Military History
Paper 522-c'Chevaulx me y porteront': Analysing Travel Narratives in Froissart's Chronicles
(Language: English)
Katariina Nara-Zanotti, School of Modern Languages & Linguistics, University of Sheffield
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Military History, Social History
Abstract

The international Medieval Chronicle Society hosts papers dealing with the idea of travel in medieval chronicles:

1: An analysis of descriptions of long-distance military marches in town chronicles of the Swiss Confederation questions the functions of such vivid accounts of heroic deeds and dangers, and reveals the correspondences between personal travel experiences and contemporary communal alliances.

2: A reappraisal of Guillaume Villeneuve's Viatique, a narrative of imprisonment and forced travel, reveals a highly personal and self-referential text which casts new light on the diversity and heterogeneity of late medieval French memoirs.

3. An analysis of Froissart's use of travel narratives investigates how they do not only function to enrich his Chronicles but also serve political and personal ends.