IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1302: Expressions of Power in Anglo-Saxon England
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Núcleo de Estudos Mediterrânicos (NEMED), Universidade Federal do Paraná / Núcleo de Estudos Interdisciplinares das Ilhas Britânicas: Antiguidade & Medievo (NEIBRAM) |
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| Organiser: | Otávio Luiz Vieira Pinto, School of History, University of Leeds / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ryan Lavelle, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Winchester |
| Paper 1302-a | Happiness is Finding the Divine: Unity and Spiritual Authority in the Old English Version of the Consolatio Philosophiae (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Philosophy, Political Thought |
| Paper 1302-b | 'Theow and esne art thou no longer': Slavery, Semantics, and Power in Anglo-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Social History |
| Paper 1302-c | Political Discourse between Mercia and Wessex in the Early 10th-Century Annals (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Military History, Political Thought |
| Abstract | The aim of this session is to discuss how power was conceived, expressed and implemented in Wessex, Mercia and Saxony. The papers bring together thematic strands that range from political thought in translations from Alfred’s court, abstract ideals of wisdom and power derived from both traditional Germanic poetry and Latin philosophical treaties, depiction of rulership in Anglo-Saxon annals and comparative development of military procedures between Wessex and continental Saxony. By synthesising these overarching themes, conclusions regarding the developmental renewal of intellectual inheritance and the reform of the apparatus of state, these papers will bring forth a coherent discussion of Anglo-Saxon scholarship. |