IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 812: Networks and Entanglements in Medieval Wales, IV: Networks in Literature

Organiser:	Amy Reynolds, School of History & Archaeology, University of Bangor
Moderator/Chair:	Owain Wyn Jones, School of History, Welsh History & Archaeology, Bangor University
Paper 812-a	Geoffrey of Monmouth's Des Gestis Britonum as a History of the Welsh (Language: English) Laury Sarti, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Literacy and Orality
Paper 812-b	March in the Marches: Rhiannon and Boundary Defining in the First Branch of the Mabinogi (Language: English) Marisa Mills, School of Humanities, University of Southern Mississippi Index terms: Language and Literature - Celtic, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	The final session in the series will consider the various examples of networks in Welsh literature and how literary networks were used to create a sense of shared cultural memory and define boarders. These papers will examine specific texts in depth to explore these themes. Paper -a examines networks in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin text Des Gestis Britonum and discusses how the text was perceived as a history of the Welsh in medieval Wales. Paper -b will discuss texts from the collection of Welsh texts collectively known as the Mabinogion from a female perspective. Paper -b will discuss the character of Rhiannon in the first branch of the Mabinogi and how it relates to boundary defining and networks in central medieval Wales.