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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 813: Karolus litteratus, IV: Karolus orans

Tuesday 8 July 2014, 16.30-18.00

Organiser:Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht
Moderator/Chair:Anna Adamska, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht
Paper 813-aCharlemagne: Praying Privately in Public
(Language: English)
Mayke de Jong, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht
Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life
Paper 813-bCharles IV: Publicly and Privately Praying as Political Expression
(Language: English)
Eva Schlotheuber, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life
Paper 813-cCharles V: Reading and Praying Privately
(Language: English)
Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen
Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - German, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life
Abstract

Was it necessary for medieval kings to be able to write? Or could they sometimes get by without possessing basic literacy skills themselves? Did they resort to writing in communicating with their subjects? If they used an administrative apparatus, did they understand the mechanisms of communication through documents? And did they use written texts for their own, personal edification and devotion? These are some of the fundamental questions that need to be asked by students of medieval royal literacy. We propose a series of four sessions and a round table on the comparative study of the literacies of three paradigmatic emperors, Charlemagne (r. 768-814), Charles IV Luxembourg (r. 1346-1378) and Charles V (r. 1519-1556). The third session is devoted to monarchic piety and private literate behaviour.