IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 705: Writing Medieval History / Reading Medieval History, III
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Haskins Society |
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| Organiser: | Giles Connolly, Department of History University of Birmingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Charlie Rozier, Durham University Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies |
| Paper 705-a | Local Myth, Local Memory: (Re)Conceiving Viking Endeavour in Late Medieval Breda (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Dutch |
| Paper 705-b | Memory Construction and Collaboration in a 15th-Century Book of the Proctors from the University of Orléans (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Social History |
| Paper 705-c | The Shape of History in Vincent of Beauvais's Great Mirror (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Historiography - Medieval, Monasticism |
| Abstract | While medieval historical writing is a valuable tool for accessing the course of events in the past, it offers more than a causal narrative to be assessed for its accuracy. These texts reflect the institutional, geographical, political or literary context of their production, the attitudes of their authors and the expectations of their audiences. Analysing them demonstrates the processes of medieval historiography, turning events into comprehensible narratives, and reveals the relationship of medieval people with the past. This panel aims to provide new readings, interpretations and approaches to medieval historical works, through a discussion of the content and context of medieval historiography. |