IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 201: Age of Bede, II: Irish / Anglo-Saxon Connections
Monday 6 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
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| Organisers: | Peter Darby, Department of History, University of Nottingham Máirín MacCarron, Department of History, National University of Ireland, Galway |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alan Thacker, Institute of Historical Research, University of London |
| Paper 201-a | The Legacy of the Irish and the Making of the Mercian Kingdom (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts |
| Paper 201-b | Uncial and the Irish: Close Encounters in Durham Cathedral Library, MS A.II.16 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 201-c | Visualising the Network: Irish Connections in Bede's Writing (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Abstract | Building on the success of sessions dedicated to the life and writings of Bede which have run at the IMC consecutively since 2011, the organisers wish to widen the focus of this year’s panels to incorporate other themes and topics from the Age of Bede. Session 2 is dedicated to connections between Anglo-Saxon England and Ireland in the Age of Bede. Paper -a (Capper) considers whether portable metalwork can be used as evidence for a legacy of Mercian contacts across the Irish Sea, or whether these objects are more likely to be relics of later Viking connections. Paper -b (Farr) will explore Anglo-Saxon/Irish connections through a close study of the lection notes, decoration, and scripts of Durham Cathedral Library MS A.II.16. Paper -c (McCann) will focus on the complex network of relationships that links Irish kings, converts, evangelists, and monks in the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. |