IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 1321: Rewriting History in the Central Middle Ages, IV: When Kingdoms End and Empires Fall
Wednesday 3 July 2013, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies / Haskins Society for Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Angevin & Viking History |
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Organisers: | Chris Lewis, Institute of Historical Research, University of London / Department of History, King's College London Emily A. Winkler, Jesus College, University of Oxford |
Moderator/Chair: | Emily A. Winkler, Jesus College, University of Oxford |
Paper 1321-a | Settling into Exile: Aristakes of Lastivert, Matthew of Edessa, and the Armenian Transition from Kingdom to Diaspora (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Crusades, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Other |
Paper 1321-b | 13th-Century Memories of the Normans in the Mediterranean in the Estoire de Tancrède de Hauteville (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
Paper 1321-c | Response: From EHD to MSS: Historiography in the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
Abstract | Four sessions seek to elicit patterns both in current scholarship and in the writing of history in medieval Europe. Papers explore how medieval writers of history across a range of genres shaped their understanding of the past, including recent events, and the history of more distant times. The sessions are especially concerned with how existing historical writings were refashioned to suit current purposes. Last year's sessions focused on England and Normandy; this year we widen the geographical scope to include historical writing in multiple languages across the expanse of Europe. The sessions are explicitly comparative: a supplementary goal is to examine differences in modern historiographical approaches. The final session ends with a response to all papers and discussions in the earlier sessions. |