IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 743: The Marches of Britain and Ireland, 1100-1400, III: Networks and Cultural Exchange
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval & Early Modern Research Initiative, Cardiff University / Welsh Chronicles Research Group, Bangor University |
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| Organisers: | Georgia Henley, Department of English / Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, Stanford University Victoria Shirley, School of English, Communication & Philosophy, Cardiff University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ben Guy, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 743-a | The Search for Borders: Ecclesiastical Geographies in North East Wales and Cheshire, c. 900-1100 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Ecclesiastical History, Local History |
| Paper 743-b | Denizens of Two Worlds: Cross-Cultural Contact and the March of Wales, 1330-1410 (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 743-c | Fuaigh an gCeann ris an Méidhe: Adaptation and Cultural Exchange in the Marches of Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Language and Literature - Comparative |
| Abstract | This session is the third of four comparative sessions on the Marches of Britain and Ireland. This third session will examine networks of cultural exchange and transmission across Marcher border zones. The first paper will give a spatial overview of ecclesiastical networks in northeast Wales and adjoining parts of England, analyzing how the earls of Chester asserted control. The second paper will characterize the Welsh March as a zone of contact for Welsh and English writers, including Dafydd ap Gwilym and the anonymous poet of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, demonstrating how knowledge of contemporary politics transcended the perceived separation of Wales and England. The third paper will discuss a newly-edited Classical Irish poem produced under Anglo-Norman patronage, with attention to its adaptation of a range of sources. |