IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 543: Illuminated Manuscripts of Late Medieval Chronicles of England Written in French
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Medieval Chronicle Society |
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| Organiser: | Irene Fabry-Tehranchi, Department of Modern Languages & European Studies, University of Reading |
| Moderator/Chair: | Emma Campbell, Department of French Studies, University of Warwick |
| Paper 543-a | Duelling Histories: Two Genealogies in Nicholas Trevet's Les Cronicles (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 543-b | Imagining History in the Arthurian Section of the Vienna Manuscript (ÖNB, 2534) of the Recueil des cronicques et anchiennes istoires de la Grant Bretaigne of Jean de Wavrin (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 543-c | Eloquent Signs: Constructing Dynastic and Gender Identity in the Grandes Chroniques de France (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This session will examine illuminated manuscripts of the late medieval chronicles dealing with the history of Great Britain and France written in French by Nicholas Trevet, Jean de Wavrin, and Jean Froissart. It will explore the importance of the manuscript circulation of these texts and their illustration as evidence of their understanding and reception. The papers will use textual and codicological analyses, examinations of the paratextual and visual apparatus, and heraldic studies in order to shed light on the reading and understanding of different aspects late medieval French language historiographical works. |