IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 1544: New Perspectives on Insular Letter Writing, I
Thursday 4 July 2024, 09:00-10:30
| Sponsor: | 'Project CONNECT: Societies on the Edges', Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vitoria-Gasteiz / Leverhulme Trust 'Northumbrian Letters in the Age of Bede' |
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| Organisers: | Peter Darby, Department of History, University of Nottingham Robert Gallagher, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Kent |
| Moderator/Chair: | Francesca Tinti, Departamento de Filología e Historia, Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Paper 1544-a | The Rhetoric of Neutrality in the Letters of Columbanus (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin and Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1544-b | The Debt to the Teachers: Aldhelm's Showcasing of His Greek Learning in His Letters to Leuthere and Heahfrith (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Greek, Language and Literature - Latin and Learning (The Classical Inheritance) |
| Paper 1544-c | Letter Writing in Northumbria's Golden Age (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin and Religious Life |
| Abstract | These two sessions bring together diverse new work on the rich history of letter writing within and emanating from the early medieval insular world. The papers will invite us to consider epistolary culture from a variety of differing perspectives and frameworks, attesting to the enormous potential of early medieval letters and letter-collections for intellectual enquiry. Themes that will be explored include diplomacy, multilingualism, identity, theology, social relationships, textual transmission, archival practice and, not least, crisis. |