IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 632: Friars, Knights, and Translators: Reforming and Renewing Medieval and Early Modern Reading Practices
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
| Organisers: | René Hernández Vera, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Alejandra Ortiz, School of English, University of Leeds |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Catherine J. Batt, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 632-a | Amateurs or Professionals?: Reformed Observant Franciscan Friars as Readers (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Mentalities, Religious Life |
| Paper 632-b | Reading Knights: Chivalric Handbooks and Their Influence (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - Middle English, Military History |
| Paper 632-c | ‘What happened afterward, I leave to your opinions […]': Engaging the Reader in the Translations of Spanish Chivalric Romance (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Language and Literature - Spanish or Portuguese, Printing History |
| Abstract | This session examines the reform, renewal, and continuities represented in reading practices of the medieval and early modern periods. Whether associated to secular or religious contexts, the papers in this session explore the ways in which real and fictional readers represented or challenged contemporary ways of engaging with reading material. The discussions will focus on the reading practices of reformed Franciscan friars, on chivalric handbooks as possible reformers of the practice of chivalry, and on the way that translators of Spanish chivalric romance appealed to potential readers differently than the original authors. |