IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 329: Writing Identity in Liminal Spaces, III: The Geography of Cultural Encounters
Monday 6 July 2020, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol / Medieval & Early Modern Centre, University of Sydney |
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| Organisers: | Helen Fulton, Department of English, University of Bristol Jan Shaw, Department of English, University of Sydney |
| Moderator/Chair: | Helen Fulton, Department of English, University of Bristol |
| Paper 329-a | Listing or Categorising: William of Worcester’s Itineraries (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Local History, Science |
| Paper 329-b | Mapping the Monster: Redefining Space in Yngvars saga viðförla (Language: English) |
| Paper 329-c | Imagined Community or Witness-Based Itinerary?: Liminal Physical, Military, and Religious Geography of the Pagan Prussians in Dusburg's Chronicle of the Baltic Crusade (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Pagan Religions |
| Abstract | This is the third session in a series of three exploring liminal spaces and identities in medieval Europe. This session takes a large-scale view of cultural identity across geographical regions and considers ways in which different communities define others, using literary, historical, and linguistic sources. |