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 |
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Moderator/Chair: | Anna Adamska, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
Paper 813-a | Charlemagne: Praying Privately in Public (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life |
Paper 813-b | Charles IV: Publicly and Privately Praying as Political Expression (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life |
Paper 813-c | Charles V: Reading and Praying Privately (Language: English) 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. |