IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1701: Alfredian Voices, II: English Prose before and after Alfred
Thursday 5 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Francis Leneghan, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford |
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Moderator/Chair: | Courtnay Konshuh, Department of History, St Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan |
Paper 1701-a | A Choir of Alfredian Voices: Exploring the Construction of Royal Authority in Alfred's Domboc and some Peripheral Works (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Political Thought, Religious Life |
Paper 1701-b | Early Sources of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Reconsideration (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Language and Literature - Old English, Political Thought |
Paper 1701-c | Boethius and St Eustace in Anglo-Saxon England: The Reception of the Old English Boethius and the Old English Passio Sancti Eustachii (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Old English, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
Abstract | In the Preface to the Old English Pastoral Care, Alfred casts himself as the saviour of English learning. This session examines the evidence for the emergence of English prose before and after Alfred's reign. Individual papers consider the background of the Old English prose life of St Guthlac, the origins of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and the reception of the Old English Boethius. |