IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1302: Eadmer of Canterbury, II: New Interpretations of Eadmer's Historia Novorum
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Organisers: | Hilary Powell, Department of English Studies, Durham University Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston, Texas |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Hilary Powell, Department of English Studies, Durham University |
| Paper 1302-a | A Pious Man among Sinners: Anselm in Eadmer's Historia Novorum in Anglis (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 1302-b | Do Eadmer's 'Eyewitness Accounts' in Historia Novorum Reflect Literary Sources Other than Anselm Himself? (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Historiography - Medieval, Monasticism |
| Paper 1302-c | Eadmer of Canterbury as Historian in the Historia Novorum in Anglia (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Historiography - Medieval, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | Three new analyses of Eadmer's Historia Novorum's treatment of Anselm, and its sources. Paper -a: Eadmer's portrayal of Anselm as a pious outsider, resulting in his conflicts with King William Rufus, the English bishops, and eventual exile, incorporating themes from Anselm's theology. Paper -b: Eadmer's so-called 'eyewitness accounts', especially of King William Rufus, are based not entirely on reallity, but on models from some unsuspected sources. Paper -c: A reappraisal of Eadmer's status as an Anglo-Norman historian, not as a revivalist of Anglo-Norman historical writing, but rather based more on his study of hagiography and sacred biography than historical training. |