IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 801: The 'English Manuscripts 1060 to 1220' Project in Conversation

Tuesday 13 July 2010, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	AHRC Project 'The Production and Use of English Manuscripts 1060 to 1220', Universities of Leeds and Leicester
Organiser:	Mary Swan, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:	Bella Millett, Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of Southampton
Paper 801-a	What We Thought We Knew (Language: English) Mary Swan, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Elaine Treharne, Department of English, Florida State University Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 801-b	What We Know We Know (Language: English) Takako Kato, School of English, University of Leicester Orietta Da Rold, School of English, University of Leicester Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 801-c	Reflections on the Project (Language: English) Andrew Prescott, Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute, University of Glasgow Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Middle English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	'The Production and Use of English Manuscripts 1060 to 1220' is a project funded for five years by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, until August 2010. In the first two papers, the Project team look back through their work and how it has radically changed their understanding of their topic, from the minute physical detail of the production of individual books to the wider questions of the contexts for the writing of English in this crucial period. Then Andrew Prescott, a member of the Project's Advisory Board, reflects on the Project's work and its implications for future research.