IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1109: Medieval German Studies: New Work from the British Isles, II
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Bettina Bildhauer, School of Modern Languages - German, University of St Andrews |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Bettina Bildhauer, School of Modern Languages - German, University of St Andrews |
| Paper 1109-a | Anthologies and Pen Trials: The Transmission of Religious Poetry in 12th-Century Germany (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1109-b | Modelling Meditation: The Bilingual Prayerbook of Winheid von Winsen (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This is the second in a new series of sessions designed to showcase current work from British and Irish colleagues in German Studies in order to foster a greater awareness of the state of the field and to increase visibility outside German Studies. Papers concerning Christian devotional writing concern the significance of the position of the 12th-century Vorauer Sündenklage in two very different manuscript contexts as part of an anthology or as a pen-trial, and the influential model set out for a text for personal devotion in the prayerbook written and illustrated by the Cistercian nun Winheid von Winsen in Medingen in 1478. A longer discussion at the send will try to identify recent trends in the field. |