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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
Moderator/Chair:Emma Cayley, Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter
Paper 524-aEditing the Manuscripts of Bibbesworth's Tretiz
(Language: English)
Thomas Hinton, Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter
Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Education, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 524-bRed Knights and Red Herrings: The Tretiz and Its Afterlives
(Language: English)
Edward Mills, Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter
Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 524-cThe Materiality of the Manières de langage
(Language: English)
Emily Reed, School of English, University of Sheffield
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.