IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 135: Converting the Isles, I: Martyrs, Martyrologies, and Narratives of Conversion

Monday 7 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Leverhulme Trust Research Network: 'Converting the Isles'
Organiser:	Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Moderator/Chair:	Helen Foxhall Forbes, Department of History, Durham University
Paper 135-a	A New Wave of Conversion?: The Palaeographic and Social Context of the Two Oldest Fragments of the Old English Martyrology (Language: English) Christine Voth, Newnham College, University of Cambridge Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Old English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 135-b	The Icelandic Miracles of St Cecilia in Stockholm, Royal Library, Pergamena, fol. 2 (Language: English) Maria Teresa Ramandi, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Scandinavian
Paper 135-c	Notes on Conversion from the Félire Oengusso (Language: English) Sarah Waidler, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic
Abstract	In this session, the speakers will examine the construction of conversion narratives in martyrologies and other hagiographical material from Anglo-Saxon England, Iceland, and Ireland. Each paper takes a different approach to viewing the presentation of this theme in post-conversion period texts, from examining how conversion was portrayed in anecdotes relating to international and local saints to investigating the palaeographic aspects of how such texts were presented.