IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 625: Memory and Myth: Remembering Medieval Ireland and Its Neighbours, II - Representation and Misremembering
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Medieval History Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin |
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Organiser: | Áine Foley, Medieval History Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin |
Moderator/Chair: | Clare Downham, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool |
Paper 625-a | How to Forget a King: Regicide in 12th-Century Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
Paper 625-b | Black Cats, Brewsters, and Broomsticks: Misrepresentation of Medieval Alewives in Modern Pop Culture (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Sexuality, Social History, Women's Studies |
Paper 625-c | 'The Earth was flat and everyone died of plague': Remembering the Middle Ages in Modern Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Teaching the Middle Ages |
Abstract | The first paper will explore regicide in 12th-century Ireland and how these kings were expunged from popular memory. The second paper will investigate popular modern misconceptions and misrepresentations of medieval alewives. The final paper will examine how the Irish Middle Ages is remembered in modern Ireland, particularly through various mediums such as school curricula and television, museum exhibits and popular novels. Why do we remember the Middle Ages? |