IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 732: Unrolling Medieval History: Content and Form in Chronicle Rolls
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania |
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| Organisers: | Amey Hutchins, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Chris Jones, Department of History, University of Canterbury, Christchurch |
| Moderator/Chair: | Chris Jones, Department of History, University of Canterbury, Christchurch |
| Paper 732-a | The Canterbury Roll: Politics and Ideology on a 15th-Century English Genealogy (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Political Thought |
| Paper 732-b | Historical Form and Fiction in the 15th-Century Genealogical Chronicle (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 732-c | Rolling the Codex, Codifying the Scroll: Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Library, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, MS 266 and the Chronique Anonyme Universelle (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | Medieval chronicle rolls are sources of both fascination and frustration. Their expansive view of history and intricate interplay of word and image open historical, literary, and social questions, while their unwieldy packaging raises questions of function and thwarts easy access and routine digitization. Three scholars currently engaged in research on English and French chronicle rolls of the 15th century will consider the politics, ideology, rhetoric, intellectual framework, and literary sources of these manuscripts. |