| Paper 303-a | The Legacy of Archbishop Stigand: Anglo-Saxon and Norman Reconciliation in the Peterborough Chronicle
(Language: English)
Andrew McKanna, History Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Military History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
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| Paper 303-b | The Norman Sicily Project: A Completed Prototype and Next Steps
(Language: English)
Dawn Marie Hayes, Department of History, Montclair State University, New Jersey
Joseph Patrick Hayes, Independent Scholar, New York
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Monasticism |
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| Abstract | Paper -a:
This paper examines the insertion in Latin of Continental and Norman history into the Old English narrative of the E or Peterborough version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, revealing multilingual, cross-Channel intertextuality. I argue the Peterborough chronicler constructed a parallel vision of Norman and English history, culminating in the providential triumph of William the Conqueror. By blending tropes of Old English historiography with Anglo-Latin and Norman historiography, the chronicler sought to foster reconciliation and to negotiate English and Norman identity. The chronicler's efforts reveal a divergent strain of post-Conquest English thought that reflects the liminal politics of Archbishop Stigand.
Paper -b:
This presentation will introduce a recently completed prototype developed for The Norman Sicily Project, an ongoing effort to digitally document and interpret the island's history from approximately 1060-1194. Supported by work that has been done by a team that includes a medieval historian, an earth scientist with specialization in cultural stone assessment, a senior software engineer in the private sector and a cadre of graduate and undergraduate students, this paper will explore approaches to combining, analyzing and presenting multidisciplinary data on the web in an attempt to engage academic and lay audiences. The paper will also discuss an interactive genealogy that is underway that visually demonstrates the society's family networks as well as associations between people and monuments. It will conclude with a discussion of efforts to include the voices of local stakeholders in a project directed from abroad.
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