IMC 2016: Sessions

Session 1526: Matthew Paris: New Perspectives, I

Sponsor:	Centre for Historiography & Historical Culture, Aberystwyth University / Institute of Medieval & Early Modern Studies (IMEMS), Aberystwyth & Bangor Universities
Organiser:	Björn Weiler, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University
Moderator/Chair:	Thomas O'Donnell, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Paper 1526-a	Matthew Paris's Reputation: Fact or Fiction? (Language: English) Jessica Coatesworth, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval
Paper 1526-b	Representing St Albans's Saintly History in Matthew Paris's Manuscripts (Language: English) Judith Collard, Department of History & Art History, University of Otago, New Zealand Index terms: Art History - General, Historiography - Medieval
Paper 1526-c	News Gathering in Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora (Language: English) Nathan Greasley, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University Index terms: Daily Life, Historiography - Medieval
Abstract	These sessions bring together new perspectives on perhaps one of the most important writers of history in the European Middle Ages: the monk, cartographer and artist Matthew Paris of St Albans (c. 1200 - c. 1259).