IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1301: Knowledge, Belief, and Power, II: Anglo-Saxon England

Sponsor:	University of Oxford
Organiser:	Francis Leneghan, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford
Moderator/Chair:	Marilina Cesario, School of Arts, English & Languages, Queen's University Belfast
Paper 1301-a	Images of Heaven and Hell in Old English Rogation Homilies (Language: English) Helen Appleton, St Peter's College, University of Oxford Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Theology
Paper 1301-b	Knowledge and Empire in the Old English Orosius (Language: English) Francis Leneghan, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Old English
Paper 1301-c	The Writing is on the Wall: Daniel, Beowulf, and the Limits of Runic Knowledge in Old English Poetry (Language: English) Thomas Birkett, School of English, University College Cork Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English
Abstract	This session explores the interface between knowledge, power, and belief in biblical and historical Old English texts. It discusses the ways in which theological and historical knowledge was used to exercise power, and was manipulated to suit contemporary audiences.