Incunabula on the move

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Chris

6.III.2012 : Incunabula on the move (Cambridge, Clare College)

http://incunabulaonthemove.wordpress.com/programme-2/

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Call for Papers: International Medieval Meeting Lleida

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Chris

The Consolidated Medieval Research Group “Space, Power and Culture” of Lleida University is currently organizing the second International Medieval Meeting Lleida, which will be held at Lleida’s Facultat de Lletres on 26, 27, 28 and 29 June, 2012.

Like the last IMMLleida, this event will feature six different conferences , each of them focusing on a different aspect of medieval studies (History, Art History, Archaeology, Philology and Literature); over a hundred scholars from across the world will participate in the different thematic strands of the conference. The interdisciplinary and internationality of this event is reflected in the range of its presentations, papers, meetings, sessions ans posters presentations. Furthermore, there will be sessions about research management, as well as sessions introducing the activities of research institutions, presentations by companies dedicated to the management and promotion of heritage, and other activities related to the Middle Ages.

Anyone interested in any aspect of Medieval History is welcome to participate in the IMMLleida! We would like to encourage you to present a paper or organize a session  or, if applicable, introduce your research group, your publications, or simply come along to enjoy the conference and take part in the excursions and the free cultural events we have organized for those summer nights.

To enroll, simply fill in the relevant form on our website:
www.internationalmedievalmeetinglleida.udl.cat

 If you have any queries at all, please contact us at
immlleida@historia.udl.cat

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Call for Papers: The Medieval Academy 2013 Annual Meeting

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Chris

Call for Papers – THE MEDIEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA

2013 ANNUAL MEETING, 4-6 April

University of Tennessee (Knoxville)

The annual meeting of the Medieval Academy will be held 4-6 April 2013, in downtown Knoxville, hosted by the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the University of Tennessee Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium.

Our theme for the MAA meeting is “Regions and Regional Identity in the Middle Ages.” Sessions will address a variety of topics, many of them well outside the conference theme, but we hope to stress the importance of a sense of place, family, and locality in as many presentations as possible. We are seeking, therefore, innovative proposals for papers and sessions, and we hope to see significant cross-disciplinary participation as well. For both the commissioned and the open sessions, we are looking for the broadest possible range of proposals of topics and of time periods, within and across all the disciplines.

The Program Committee invites proposals for papers on all topics and in all disciplines and periods of medieval studies. Any member of the Medieval Academy may submit a paper proposal, excepting those who presented papers at the annual meetings of the Medieval Academy in 2011 and 2012; others may submit proposals as well, but must become members in order to present papers at the meeting. Special consideration can be given to individuals whose specialty would not normally involve membership in the Academy.

A list of sessions and the complete call for papers can be found here.

If you have any queries, please contact Jay Rubenstein at jrubens1@utk.edu

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Call for Submissions for an Edited Volume

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Chris

Title: ‘His brest tobrosten’: Wounds and Wound Repair in Medieval Culture
Editors: Kelly DeVries and Larissa Tracy

In The Knight’s Tale, Chaucer’s Knight describes the shafts of spears shivering to pieces
on thick shields, the ‘helmes they tohewen and toshrede;/ Out brest the blood with stierne
stremes rede;/ With myghty maces the bones they tobreste’ (lines 2609–11). Yet, for all
this bloodshed no one dies, and the only malice and hatred is between the two rivals who
hunt each other down and with ‘jelous strokes on hir helmes byte;/ Out rennet blood on
bothe hir sydes rede’ (lines 2634–5). Even in the final tally after Arcite’s fall, ‘Al were
they soore yhurt, and namely oon, that with a spere was thirled his brest boon’ (lines
2709–10); some have broken bones, some apply salves and medicines, and some drink
sage to save their limbs. The Knight’s description of Arcite’s injuries is far more graphic
than the scenes of battle. When Arcite falls he lies as if dead, ‘His brest tobrosten with his
sadel-bowe./ As blak he lay as any cole or crowe,/ So was the blood yronned in his face’
(lines 2691–3). The clotted blood, despite the efforts of leechcraft, decays and cannot be
drained through any medical techniques, and the poison cannot be expelled: ‘The pipes of
his longes gonne to swelle,/ And every lacerte in his brest adoun/ Is shent with venym
and corrupcioun’ (lines 2752–4). It is a gruesome and painful death, fraught with lurid
detail lacking in the earlier scenes of battle.

The spectacle of the wounded body figured prominently in the Middle Ages, from
images of Christ’s wounds on the cross, to the ripped and torn bodies of tortured saints
who miraculously heal through divine intervention, to graphic accounts of battlefield and
tournament wounds and literary episodes of fatal or not so fatal wounds. This volume
seeks to bring together essays devoted to the idea of either causing wounds, wounds
and/or wound repair from a wide range of sources and disciplines including arms and
armaments, military history, medical history, literature, art history, hagiography, and
archaeology across medieval and early modern Europe.

*Please submit abstracts of 250 words by May 20, 2012 to either Larissa Tracy
(kattracy@comcast.net or tracylc@longwood.edu) or Kelly DeVries
(KDeVries@loyola.edu).

*Please include your affiliation and brief bio with your abstract.

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Houghton Workshops

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Chris

The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies is pleased to announce two events for the spring term.

On Monday, March 5th, 5:30 p.m., Ken Pennington, Catholic University of America, will lecture in the Forum Room, Lamont Library. Professor Pennington’s topic will be:

“Reading the Ius Commune: The Secrets of Roman and Canon Law Manuscripts”

Professor Pennington’s lecture will explore the study and use of medieval legal manuscripts.  The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Richardson Room, Houghton Library.

Ken Pennington is Kelly-Quinn Professor of Ecclesiastical and Legal History, School of Canon Law and Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.  His most recent publications include: The History of Byzantine and Eastern Canon Lawto 1500, edited with Wilfried Hartmann (2012); Law as Profession and Practice in Medieval Europe: Essays in Honor of James A. Brundage, edited with Melanie Harris Eichbauer (2011) and The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234: From Gratian to the Decrees of Pope Gregory IX, edited with Wilfried Hartmann (2008).

On Wednesday, March 7th, 2:00-4:00 pm or Thursday, March 8th, 10:00 am-Noon in the Caspersen Room, Langdell Hall, Harvard Law School, Professor Pennington will conduct a workshop on reading and navigating medieval legal manuscripts using examples from Harvard special collections.

This workshop is one in a continuing series intended to provide students an opportunity to work closely with outstanding originals from Harvard special collections under the direction of a renowned specialist, in this case, Ken Pennington. Space in the workshop is limited and priority will be given to Harvard University students. If you would like to attend a workshop, please contact Monique Duhaime (duhaime@fas.harvard.edu) to reserve a morning or afternoon seat.

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Séminaire “Paris au moyen Âge” – 17 Février 2012

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Chris

Le prochain séminaire sur Paris au moyen Âge se tiendra le vendredi 17 février 2012 à 14h30, à l’I.R.H.T., 40 avenue d’Iéna, 75116 Paris  (Métro Iéna)

Au programme :
Benoît GRÉVIN (LAMOP) et Sébastien BARRET (IRHT), La rédaction des préambules des actes des rois de France au XIVe siècle : une culture de l’écrit pragmatique ?

Boris BOVE (univ. Paris 8 et IRHT), Questions autour du Livre

vert de Saint Denis (1411)

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Monarchy and the Book of Common Prayer

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Chris

MONARCHY AND THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Tuesday 1 May- Saturday 14 July 2012

15 February 2012 To mark a visit by HRH Queen Elizabeth II to Lambeth Palace for an inter-faith meeting lead by the Archbishop of Canterbury, tickets for Royal Devotion: Monarchy and the Book of Common Prayer, will today go on sale.

A celebration of the Diamond Jubilee and the 350th anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer, the exhibition is the first to bring together the Palace Library’s collections of items of royal provenance.  Curated by Brian Cummings, Professor of English at the University of Sussex and Hugh Cahill, Deputy Librarian, Lambeth Palace Library, the exhibition will give a unique insight in to the relationship between royalty and religion, from medieval times up until the present day.

For three hundred years, from the Restoration of Charles II in 1662 to the accession of Elizabeth II in 1952, the Book of Common Prayer embodied the religious life of the nation. Kings and Queens were baptised, married and buried to its words. During that same period, more people heard Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer in weekly services in the words of this book, than listened to the soliloquies of Shakespeare.

Visitors will be able to see up close a range of stunning books and artefacts, many owned or marked in the margins by monarchs, and some never seen in public before. At the centre of the exhibition is the 1662 edition of the Book of Common Prayer. Also on show are medieval manuscripts, Thomas Cranmer’s first edition of the Book of Common Prayer in 1549, prayers revised in the handwriting of Charles I, the prayer books used at the wedding of Queen Victoria and the coronation of Elizabeth II, and books owned by Richard III and Henry VIII.

The exhibition will also show how this history has been controversial and sometimes violent: religion has been at the centre of political debate and sometimes monarchs have been put to death in its name; and the Book of Common Prayer, as well as bringing the nation together, has seen rebellion, civil war, and itself been banned and burned.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams commented:

“We are delighted to be able to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee year with this special exhibition looking at the close relationship between the monarchy and the Church. We hope that visitors to Lambeth Palace this summer will come away with a deeper understanding of this shared inheritance and connection, told through a series of exquisite and culturally significant artefacts held by the Library on behalf of the nation since 1610.”

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For more information please contact:

Eleanor Hutchins or Tom Ville at Four Communications

Firstname.surname@fourcommunications.com or 44+ (0) 870 626 9000

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Lambeth Palace Library is the historic library and record office of the Archbishops of Canterbury and the principal repository of the documentary history of the Church of England. Its collections have been freely available for research since 1610.

The records held here date from the 9th century to the present day, and their broad scope reflects the office of Archbishop as head of the Province of Canterbury, his national and international roles in leading the Church of England and the Anglican Communion worldwide, and the wealth and power of Archbishops in past centuries which enabled them to collect books and manuscripts of the highest quality and significance.

James I described the Library as ‘a monument of fame’ in his kingdom. Peter the Great, who visited in 1698, is recorded as saying that nothing in England astonished him as much as Lambeth Palace Library; he had never thought there were so many books in all the world.

In 2006 the collections held in Lambeth Palace Library were awarded Designated status under the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council’s Designation Scheme, in recognition of their  national and international importance.

Booking information:

  • Tickets cost £12 Adults, £10 Concessions (over 60s, student and unemployed), under 17s free
  • Price includes printed exhibition guide

Opening times:

  • Tuesday- Friday 11.00-13.30 and 14.00- 17.00 (last entry 16.00)
    • Saturdays and Bank Holidays- 11.00-16.00 (last entry 15.00)
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Symposium Notice

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Chris

SOCIAL RELATIONS & CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION 

IN THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN WORLD

SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF DIANE OWEN HUGHES

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

MARCH 16-17, 2012

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Full program available at www.dianehughessymposium.wordpress.com.

This symposium features former students of Diane Owen Hughes at the University of Michigan and exposes Professor Hughes’ wide-ranging impact by exploring a variety of topics from Late Antiquity to Modernity; from Europe to East Asia; from law to art.

Coordinators: Stefan Stantchev (ASU, stefan.stantchev@asu.edu) and Paolo Squatriti (U of M).

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Applications for the 2012-2013 MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Chris

Applications are now being accepted for Columbia University’s new MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The deadline is March 15, 2012. For more information, visit http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/medren/.

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Medieval manuscripts : from the Stark collections

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Chris

Orange (TX), Stark Museum of Art, 19.XI.2011 – 25.II.2012 : Medieval manuscripts : from the Stark collections. – http://www.starkmuseum.org/Exhibitions/Exhibitions/Medieval-Manuscripts.aspx

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