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IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 226: Rhetoric and Reality in Norman Italy, II: 'Rhetoric' and Historical Writing in Norman Italy

Monday 11 July 2011, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:School of History, University of Leeds / Haskins Society for Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Angevin & Viking History
Organiser:Graham A. Loud, School of History, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:Graham A. Loud, School of History, University of Leeds
Paper 226-a'While You Read and Re-Read the Story of Your Most Famous Victory': Alexander of Telese's History of King Roger Interpreted as Pragmatic Literacy
(Language: English)
Markus Krumm, Historisches Seminar, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Italian
Paper 226-bThe Muslims of Sicily, 1189-1225: Rebellion or Reaction?
(Language: English)
Amy Devenney, School of History, University of Leeds
Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Social History
Paper 226-cThe Catalogus Baronum Revisted: What Does it Really Tell Us?
(Language: English)
James Hill, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Social History
Abstract

The papers in this sessions will attempt to analyse and reinterpret contemporary historical narratives of Norman southern Italy, with particular focus on Alexander of Telese's 'History of King Roger', which has only recently been translated into English.