IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 628: Crusade Texts and Manuscripts, II: The Old French William of Tyre
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Society for the Study of the Crusades & the Latin East |
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| Organiser: | Peter Edbury, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Moderator/Chair: | John H. Pryor, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Sydney |
| Paper 628-a | The Old French William of Tyre and its Continuations: New Directions (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 628-b | The Old French Continuations of William of Tyre and the Chronique d'Ernoul et de Bernard le Trésorier (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 628-c | New Light on the Old French Translation of William of Tyre (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This session will highlight fresh approaches and insights into the Old French William of Tyre and its Continuations. There is much to be learnt from a systematic study of the complex manuscript tradition about the original form of the text and how it evolved during the 13th century. Over 50 MSS of the text survive. The AHRC-funded research project, in which all three participants in this session are engaged, is designed to re-examine the translation and its manuscript tradition and produce a new edition of the OFr Continuations. |