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 |
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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) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Italian |
Paper 226-b | The Muslims of Sicily, 1189-1225: Rebellion or Reaction? (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Social History |
Paper 226-c | The Catalogus Baronum Revisted: What Does it Really Tell Us? (Language: English) 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. |