Medieval History
Dr David Woodman and Dr Martin Brett are hosting a two-day conference on 29th - 30th March on 'The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past' at Robinson College, Cambridge, in association with the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, and the British Academy. Registration is £20, and details on how to register can be found here. The programme is:
Tuesday 29th March
10.15 ? Registration and Coffee
11.00 ? Welcome
Session I: The Anglo-Saxon Saints
Chair: Prof. N. Brooks
11.10: Dr R.C. Love: ?Folcard of Saint-Bertin and the Anglo-Saxon Saints at Thorney?
11.50: Prof. R. Bartlett: ?The Viking Hiatus in the Cult of Saints as seen in the Twelfth Century?
12.45 ? Lunch in Robinson College
Session II: Anglo-Saxon England in the Narrative of Britain
Chair: Dr M. Brett
14.00: Dr J. Barrow: ?Danish Ferocity and Abandoned Monasteries: the Twelfth-century View?
14.40: Prof. D.W. Rollason: ?Symeon of Durham?s Historia de regibus as a Product of Twelfth-century Historical Workshops?
15.20: Dr H. Doherty: ?The Twelfth-Century Laymen and the English Past?
16.00 ? Tea and Coffee
16.30: Prof. J. Gillingham, ?Some Late Twelfth-Century Views of the Anglo-Saxon Past?
17.10: Prof. R.M. Thomson: ?William of Malmesbury's Unknown anti-Norman Diatribe?
End: 17.50
Wednesday 30th March
Session III: Anglo-Saxon Law and Charter
Chair: Prof. S. Keynes
09.30: Prof. N. Vincent: ?The Use and Abuse of the Anglo-Saxon Past: The Royal Charter Evidence?
10.10: Dr S. Baxter - title to be confirmed
10.50 - Tea and Coffee
11.30: Prof. N. Brooks: ?Was there a ?Textus Cantuariensis? and what did it contain??
12.10: Prof. B. O?Brien: ?Anglo-Saxon Law-Makers and their Laws in the Twelfth Century?
12.45 ? Lunch in Robinson College
Session IV: Scribes, Artists and the French Vernacular
Chair: Prof. M. Lapidge
14.00: Dr J. Crick, ?Norman Imitation of Pre-Conquest English Script: Possibilities and Limitations?
14.40: Prof C. Karkov: ?The Scribe Looks Back: Anglo-Saxon England and the Eadwine Psalter?
15.20 - Tea and Coffee
15.50: Dr T. Webber: ?Bede?s Ecclesiastical History and Office Readings in Post-Conquest England?
16.30: Dr J.E. Weiss: ?The Anglo-Saxons and the Anglo-Normans: ?History? in Anglo-Norman Romance?
End 17.10
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Medieval History
The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past
Dr David Woodman and Dr Martin Brett are hosting a two-day conference on 29th - 30th March on 'The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past' at Robinson College, Cambridge, in association with the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, and the British Academy. Registration is £20, and details on how to register can be found here. The programme is:
Tuesday 29th March
10.15 ? Registration and Coffee
11.00 ? Welcome
Session I: The Anglo-Saxon Saints
Chair: Prof. N. Brooks
11.10: Dr R.C. Love: ?Folcard of Saint-Bertin and the Anglo-Saxon Saints at Thorney?
11.50: Prof. R. Bartlett: ?The Viking Hiatus in the Cult of Saints as seen in the Twelfth Century?
12.45 ? Lunch in Robinson College
Session II: Anglo-Saxon England in the Narrative of Britain
Chair: Dr M. Brett
14.00: Dr J. Barrow: ?Danish Ferocity and Abandoned Monasteries: the Twelfth-century View?
14.40: Prof. D.W. Rollason: ?Symeon of Durham?s Historia de regibus as a Product of Twelfth-century Historical Workshops?
15.20: Dr H. Doherty: ?The Twelfth-Century Laymen and the English Past?
16.00 ? Tea and Coffee
16.30: Prof. J. Gillingham, ?Some Late Twelfth-Century Views of the Anglo-Saxon Past?
17.10: Prof. R.M. Thomson: ?William of Malmesbury's Unknown anti-Norman Diatribe?
End: 17.50
Wednesday 30th March
Session III: Anglo-Saxon Law and Charter
Chair: Prof. S. Keynes
09.30: Prof. N. Vincent: ?The Use and Abuse of the Anglo-Saxon Past: The Royal Charter Evidence?
10.10: Dr S. Baxter - title to be confirmed
10.50 - Tea and Coffee
11.30: Prof. N. Brooks: ?Was there a ?Textus Cantuariensis? and what did it contain??
12.10: Prof. B. O?Brien: ?Anglo-Saxon Law-Makers and their Laws in the Twelfth Century?
12.45 ? Lunch in Robinson College
Session IV: Scribes, Artists and the French Vernacular
Chair: Prof. M. Lapidge
14.00: Dr J. Crick, ?Norman Imitation of Pre-Conquest English Script: Possibilities and Limitations?
14.40: Prof C. Karkov: ?The Scribe Looks Back: Anglo-Saxon England and the Eadwine Psalter?
15.20 - Tea and Coffee
15.50: Dr T. Webber: ?Bede?s Ecclesiastical History and Office Readings in Post-Conquest England?
16.30: Dr J.E. Weiss: ?The Anglo-Saxons and the Anglo-Normans: ?History? in Anglo-Norman Romance?
End 17.10
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