IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1248: Medieval Epistolography, I
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Department of History, King's College, London / Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Organisers: | Thomas William Smith, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Anaïs Waag, Department of History, King's College London |
Moderator/Chair: | Anaïs Waag, Department of History, King's College London |
Paper 1248-a | Letters and the Epistolary Public Sphere in Ostrogothic Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Language and Literature - Latin, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1248-b | The Letters of the First Crusade (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1248-c | The Letters of Haimeric, Papal Chancellor, 1123-1141 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1248-d | Money, Cargo, Weather: Letters from Medieval Gdańsk by Erwin Marchand, Heinrich Vorrath, and Berndt Pawest (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Language and Literature - Other, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | As an essential tool for communication in the Middle Ages, letters are a crucial historical source, broadly and frequently used by medievalists. And yet, there is still much to understand about medieval letters and the letter writing process. How exactly were medieval letters, particularly missives, composed and created? What was the relationship between sender, scribe, and chancery? How do epistolary theory and practice intersect? These two sessions Medieval Epistolography I and II seek to explore and answer these questions, and to find common ground between medievalists' many ways of approaching letters. |