IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 524: Learning French in Medieval England: Evidence from the Manuscripts
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
Organiser: | Thomas Hinton, Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter |
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Moderator/Chair: | Emma Cayley, Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter |
Paper 524-a | Editing the Manuscripts of Bibbesworth's Tretiz (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Education, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 524-b | Red Knights and Red Herrings: The Tretiz and Its Afterlives (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 524-c | The Materiality of the Manières de langage (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | The corpus of French language aids produced in medieval England have benefited from welcome attention in recent decades. Yet the process of learning French to which they bear witness is still badly understood. Whom were these texts aimed at, and how were their users supposed to learn? What relationships obtained between the different materials in circulation, and how were they modified as the language's status and functions changed? Treating each individual manuscript as a distinct enactment of French learning, this panel explores how the materials for French teaching evolved from the 13th to the 15th century. |