IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 805: Converting the Isles, IV: Medieval Irish Hagiography as a Source
Tuesday 2 July 2013, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Leverhulme Trust Network 'Converting the Isles' |
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Organiser: | Brittany Schorn, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
Moderator/Chair: | Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
Paper 805-a | Hagiographical Perceptions and Narratives of Conversion in Ireland during the Central Medieval Period (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic |
Paper 805-b | Representations of Male and Female Conversion in the Earliest Irish Saints' Lives (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic |
Paper 805-c | The Contrasting Agency of the Female Saint in Conversion Vignettes: Íte in Apposition to Monenna (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic |
Abstract | This session will focus specifically on medieval Irish hagiography as a source. Sarah Waidler will examine how later hagiographers portrayed the conversion process of specific peoples in relation to the wider aims of their texts, looking at the lives of Declán of Ardmore and Senán of Inis Cathaig. Helen Oxenham will explore representations of conversions in the earliest Irish saints' Lives, with a particular focus on the different ways in which men and women are represented as having been converted and converted others. Julianne Pigott will use Vita Sanctae Íte and Conchubranus' Vita Sanctae Monennae to consider how characterisations of female sanctity, associated with conversion narratives, were designed to inform the audience's reading of socially appropriate manifestations of female power and authority. |