IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 330: Life, Death, and Family Connections in Anglo-Saxon Communities
Monday 6 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Mary Blanchard, Department of History, Ave Maria University, Florida |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Alison Hudson, Département d’Histoire, Arts et archéologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| Paper 330-a | Reviving the Dead: Commemorative Texts and Community in Anglo-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Paper 330-b | 'Servi regis': Episcopal Preferment in the Community of the King's Councillors (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 330-c | 'Pueri ad prandium sonum fecerint': The Silent Disappearance of Benedictine Child Religious, c. 950-1222? (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session explores the construction and reform of religious, political, and social communities in early medieval England. By addressing such topics as the position of oblates within reformed monastic communities, the renewal of relations between the living and the dead in communities of remembrance, and the forging of family connections for personal and familial advancement, the papers in this session will offer a fuller picture of the practices and influence of individual communities in Anglo-Saxon England. This session aims to foster conversation about the nature of Anglo-Saxon community and how it shaped conceptions of identity in both public and private spheres. |