IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 540: Memories of Empire
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval & Early Modern Studies |
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| Organiser: | Vanessa Wright, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Moderator/Chair: | Vanessa Wright, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 540-a | Sallust, Caution (Language: English) Index terms: Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Political Thought, Rhetoric |
| Paper 540-b | Magic and the Pagan World in the French Family of Reine Sébile Texts (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Social History |
| Paper 540-c | Maxen Wledig versus Beli Mawr?: Remembering Rome in Medieval Welsh Tradition (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 540-d | The Malleable Roman Poet: Authorship, Authority, and Antiquity in the Misattributions of a Late Antique Text (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This panel discusses the ways in which individuals or collectives used, or were influenced by, recollections and remnants of the Roman Empire. Medieval ideas about education and civic duty were heavily influenced by Roman authors, for example, while Roman ruins were continuously used in Medieval buildings. Medieval theologians constantly grappled with the legacy of their ancient pagan forebears, while poets sought to establish authority and prestige by placing themselves in the classical tradition through emulation and imitation. In Medieval memories and imaginations, the Roman Empire served as not only a past point of reference, but as an aspirational destination. |