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IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 1202: Mercian Studies, III: Mercian Art and Influence

Wednesday 8 July 2026, 14:15-15:45

Sponsor:Mercian Network
Organiser:Christine Rauer, School of English, University of St Andrews
Moderator/Chair:Teresa Porciani, University of Leicester
Paper 1202-aThe Age of Alfred and Mercian Zoomorphic Initials
(Language: English)
Raven McGovern, Independent Scholar
Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism
Paper 1202-bA Metrical Exception in Beowulf: Folklore and Comic Effect
(Language: English)
Rafael Pascual, Departamento de Filologías Inglesa y Alemana, Universidad de Granada / Faculty of English, University of Oxford
Index terms: Folk Studies, Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Rhetoric
Abstract

This session will assess art historical evidence and book history to trace the political influence exerted by Mercian culture, first within its own regions and, at a later stage, in the cultural productions of Wessex and post-Conquest England.