Medieval History
GILDAS SAPIENS. NEW PERSPECTIVES
19-20 May 2009
University of Manchester
Day 1
Registration and Lunch (12.00-13.40)
Introduction (13.40-14.00)
1. Professor N.J. Higham (Manchester)
History (14.00-15.30)
2. Dr K. George (Independent Scholar): 'The structure and purpose of Gildas's De excidio Britonum'
3. Professor T. Charles-Edwards (Oxford): 'Gildas and the Lawyers'
Tea break (15.30-16.00)
Church History (16.00-17.30)
4. Dr J. Wooding (Lampeter): 'Gildas and Monasticism'
5. Professor T. O?Loughlin (Lampeter): ?Gildas and the Christian Scriptures?
Drink Reception (17.30-18.30)
Dinner (19.30)
Day 2
Gildas and Medieval Tradition (9.00 ? 10.30)
6. Dr D. Howlett (Oxford): 'Gildas as Founder of Four Traditions'
7. Dr D. Bracken (Cork): 'Patrick, Gildas, Columbanus: the authority of the contemplative in the earliest Insular sources'
Tea break (10.30-11.00)
Philology of DEB (11.00-12.30)
8. Mr L. Larpi (Manchester): ?Reims Ms 414: a new witness of De excidio?
9. Professor D. Dumville (Aberdeen): 'Gildas: the editorial dilemma'
Closing Discussion (12.30-13.30)
10. Professor M. Winterbottom (Oxford): Chair
Lunch (13.30)
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Medieval History
Gildas Sapiens, New Perspectives Conference
GILDAS SAPIENS. NEW PERSPECTIVES
19-20 May 2009
University of Manchester
Day 1
Registration and Lunch (12.00-13.40)
Introduction (13.40-14.00)
1. Professor N.J. Higham (Manchester)
History (14.00-15.30)
2. Dr K. George (Independent Scholar): 'The structure and purpose of Gildas's De excidio Britonum'
3. Professor T. Charles-Edwards (Oxford): 'Gildas and the Lawyers'
Tea break (15.30-16.00)
Church History (16.00-17.30)
4. Dr J. Wooding (Lampeter): 'Gildas and Monasticism'
5. Professor T. O?Loughlin (Lampeter): ?Gildas and the Christian Scriptures?
Drink Reception (17.30-18.30)
Dinner (19.30)
Day 2
Gildas and Medieval Tradition (9.00 ? 10.30)
6. Dr D. Howlett (Oxford): 'Gildas as Founder of Four Traditions'
7. Dr D. Bracken (Cork): 'Patrick, Gildas, Columbanus: the authority of the contemplative in the earliest Insular sources'
Tea break (10.30-11.00)
Philology of DEB (11.00-12.30)
8. Mr L. Larpi (Manchester): ?Reims Ms 414: a new witness of De excidio?
9. Professor D. Dumville (Aberdeen): 'Gildas: the editorial dilemma'
Closing Discussion (12.30-13.30)
10. Professor M. Winterbottom (Oxford): Chair
Lunch (13.30)
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MANCHESTER CENTRE FOR ANGLO-SAXON STUDIESThe 2012 Toller Lecture will be held on 5 March 2012 at 6pm in The Historic Library, John Rylands University Library, Deansgate, Manchester, UK.Professor Eamonn O'Carragain of the University of...
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