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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 934: Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England: A Round Table Discussion

Tuesday 8 July 2014, 19.00-20.00

Sponsor:Medieval & Renaissance Studies Program, Trinity University, Texas
Organiser:Nicole Marafioti, Department of History, Trinity University, Texas
Moderator/Chair:Jay Paul Gates, Department of English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Abstract

Treatments of capital and corporal punishment appeared in various contexts during the Anglo-Saxon period. In addition to the Old English law codes that prescribed death and mutilation for criminal offenders, physical penalties figured prominently in literary texts, theological writings, works of art, and the archaeology of the Anglo-Saxon landscape. This round table discussion will focus on the evidence and contexts for punishment in the Anglo-Saxon period and consider directions for future research.

Participants include Jo Buckberry (University of Bradford), Daniela Fruscione (Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main), Paul Hyams (Cornell University), and Daniel Thomas (University of Oxford).