IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1107: New Perspectives on 15th-Century Scotland, II: Literature and Politics
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institute of Scottish Historical Research, University of St Andrews |
---|---|
Organiser: | Claire Hawes, Institute of Scottish Historical Research, University of St Andrews |
Moderator/Chair: | Michael Brown, Institute of Scottish Historical Research, University of St Andrews |
Paper 1107-a | The Reception of Cicero's De Officiis and Cato Maior De Senectute in 15th-Century Scottish Statecraft: 1441-1449 (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Philosophy, Political Thought |
Paper 1107-b | Hero, Bastard, Tyrant: King Arthur in 15th-Century Scotland (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Other |
Paper 1107-c | The Scottish Sources of John Skelton (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Language and Literature - Other |
Abstract | This interdisciplinary panel interrogates the link between Scottish literature and politics from a variety of perspectives, taking in Anglo-Scottish political relations and cultural exchange, kingship and political thought, and the historiography of the Scottish chronicle tradition. |