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IMC 2018: Sessions

Session 1146: Remembering Chivalry, II: Battlefield Conduct

Wednesday 4 July 2018, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Organiser:James Titterton, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:Trevor Russell Smith, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Respondent:Catherine J. Batt, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Paper 1146-a'Por les granz biens e por l’onor, qu’il orront de lor anseisor': Memorialisation and Emulation as Key Facets in Developing a Chivalric Culture
(Language: English)
Matthew Bennett, Department of History, University of Winchester
Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Military History
Paper 1146-bA Chivalrous Trickster?: Remembering Cunning in the History of William Marshal
(Language: English)
James Titterton, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Military History
Abstract

This session will explore the variety of ways in which historians recorded conduct on the medieval battlefield, valorising some aspects while deliberately forgetting others.