IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 817: Passing Thresholds: Key Stages in the Human Journey, II
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Bartholomeus Society for Medieval Studies |
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| Organiser: | Geert van Iersel, Bartholomeus Society / Fontys Hogescholen, Tilburg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ben Parsons, School of English, University of Leicester |
| Paper 817-a | Passing Thresholds: Material Possessions as Social Discourse in the Romances of Havelok the Dane, Sir Amadace, and Rauf Coilyear (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Social History |
| Paper 817-b | Allegorical Travelling in Le Chevalier Délibéré (1483) (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
| Abstract | 'Noghte es sekire to youreselfe in certayne bot dethe.' Thus speaks Old Age in The Parlement of the Thre Ages. Yet death was but the final threshold in the human journey, setting a boundary beyond which earthly life could not pass. The papers in these two sessions engage with the other stops on the journey. By exploring the themes of birth, childhood and adulthood; love and apprenticeship, the speakers seek to attain a better understanding of the experiences that set off medieval lives. |