IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1133: Conceptualizing Community in High Medieval Literature
Wednesday 6 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Thomas O'Donnell, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Henry Bainton, Department of English & Related Literature, University of York |
| Paper 1133-a | Ascesis and Fictions of Community in the Passio Sancti Albani (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought, Religious Life |
| Paper 1133-b | The Production of Community in the Chansons de geste (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Law, Political Thought |
| Paper 1133-c | Suffering the Law: Mourning and the Making of a Communitas Regni (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Language and Literature - Middle English, Law, Political Thought |
| Abstract | This session considers the ways that 12th- and 13th-century literary works in England, France, and the Empire shaped the varied political and religious thought around the concept of community. The three papers explore the consequences of the interpenetration of literature and community thought for literary form in French, Latin, and English writing and for changes in the conception of law, administration, and identity during the 12th and 13th centuries. Genres considered include saints' lives, chansons de geste, chronicles, and philosophical treaties. |