IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 135: Memory and the Materiality of Medieval Texts, I: Codices and Communities
Monday 2 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol |
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Organiser: | Benjamin Pohl, Department of History, University of Bristol |
Moderator/Chair: | Benjamin Pohl, Department of History, University of Bristol |
Paper 135-a | 'I betake me unto those rockes and monuments': Constructing a Collective Memory of a 'Local' Arthur in William Camden's Britannia and John Leland's Assertio Inclytissimi Arturii (Language: English) Index terms: Bibliography, Language and Literature - Other, Printing History |
Paper 135-b | The World of Dunstable Priory (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Local History, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 135-c | 'Scripta volant, verba manent': The Un-Publication of Floris and Blancheflour in Medieval and Early Modern England (Language: English) Index terms: Bibliography, Language and Literature - Other, Printing History |
Abstract | This is the second of two related sessions sponsored by the University of Bristol's Centre for Medieval Studies that together explore the complex and fascinating relationship between memory and the materiality of medieval texts. The thematic focus of this session will be on material sources and objects (incl. illuminated manuscripts) that played a key role in how medieval individuals and/or communities remembered, interpreted, and celebrated the past. Particular attention will be paid to the narrative qualities exhibited by these objects, as well as to their potential applications within the context of medieval performative culture, commemoration, celebration and ritual. |