IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 1105: New Voices in Early Medieval England Studies
Wednesday 3 July 2024, 11:15-12:45
| Sponsor: | International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME) |
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| Organiser: | Judith Kaup, Anglistik I: Mittelalterliche englische Literatur und historische Linguistik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |
| Moderator/Chair: | Shannon Godlove, Department of English, Columbus State University |
| Paper 1105-a | 'Durham': Reliquary Poetry in Post-Conquest Northhumbria (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Old English, Religious Life and Social History |
| Paper 1105-b | Monasticism, Mystery, and the Mind: The Vernacular Theology of the Old English Daniel (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Old English, Religious Life and Theology |
| Paper 1105-c | Re-Reading The Grave as a Riddle (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Mentalities, Teaching the Middle Ages and Theology |
| Abstract | This session is organised by the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England. It showcases the work of young scholars and brings together papers covering various aspects of the field. Papers explore for example the dynamics of Early English identities using the concept of transethnicity, highlight the particular features of a vernacular theology, point out the didactic value of riddling features in Old English poetry, and show how reliquary poetry can serve the same functions as physical relics. Overarching themes are the formation of different types of identities, the relationship between objects and their poetic representation, and educational intent and didactic features in a broader sense. Taken together, these papers will contribute to a better understanding of how early medieval English people positioned themselves in relation to the physical and spiritual world of their times. |