IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 518: Outlaws and Outcasts in Medieval Europe
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien (ZEMAS), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg |
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Organiser: | Ingrid Bennewitz, Lehrstuhl für Deutsche Philologie des Mittelalters, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg |
Moderator/Chair: | Ingrid Bennewitz, Lehrstuhl für Deutsche Philologie des Mittelalters, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg |
Paper 518-a | 'Walk honestly in the presence of those who are outsiders': Aquinas on Jews, Muslims, and Heretics (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Philosophy |
Paper 518-b | A Courtly Woodgnome?: The Stricker's Short Narratives between Banality and Complexity (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Performance Arts - General |
Abstract | Both medieval chronicles as well as literary, theological, and philosophical texts repeatedly broach the issue of cultural, social, and religious 'otherness'. Arguing from the perspective of various medieval studies disciplines, the planned section questions the categories used to portray this 'otherness' in different texts and the resulting consequences for treating characters that are being cast out or perceived as outcasts. |