Conferences Archive
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Edward I and the Ritualization of English Royal Round Table Festivals
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsIn the Annales Angliae et Scotiae, a chronicle written around the year 1312 by a monk from the abbey of St Albans, there is a description of the wedding ceremonies between King Edward I and Margaret of France, that took place on 10 September 1299. -
Perfect Virgins and Suicidal Maniacs: Monks in Early Thirteenth-Century Pastoralia
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsThis summary is of a paper that was the last in the English Cistercian series at Kalamazoo. -
The Liturgies of Cistercian Nuns in Medieval England
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper was the second in a series of papers on English Cistercians at Kalamazoo. It focused on the lack of liturgical evidence in Cistercian nunneries. -
Aereld of Rievaulx and the Creation of An Anglo Saxon Past
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper summary is part of a session on English Cistercians and focused on Aelred of Rievaulx and the abbey of Hexum. -
Fuck This: On Finally Letting Go (A Roundtable)
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No CommentsA summary of the controversial “Fuck This” session at Kalamazoo. -
“A Fragment Detached”: The Hobbit and The Silmarillion
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No CommentsThis summary is a brief explanation of a paper that focused on the influences of The Hobbit, and The Hobbit in contrast with The Silmarillion. -
The Mythology of Magic in The Hobbit: Tolkien and Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book “Story of Sigurd”
Posted on May 16, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper was part of the Tolkien at Kalamazoo sessions. -
The Prince, the Park, and the Prey: Hunting in and around Milan in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsCristina Arrigoni-Martelli of York University examines the efforts made by the Dukes of Milan during the later Middle Ages to take part in one of the most popular activities of European aristocrats - hunting. -
47th International Congress on Medieval Studies draws over 3000 medievalists
Posted on May 14, 2012 | No CommentsOver 3000 scholars, historians, writers, students and medievalists came to Kalamazoo, Michigan over the last four days, where they took part in the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies. -
Call for Papers: Naturally divided: History and autonomy of ancient alpine communities
Posted on May 7, 2012 | No CommentsCall for Papers at a Conference, to be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012, in Brescia, Italy -
A Merchant’s Franklin’s Tale
Posted on May 2, 2012 | No CommentsExamines Geoffrey Chaucer's The Franklin's Tale, found in The Canterbury Tales, and a 15th century exemplum known as A Good Matter of the Merchant and His Son. -
Call for Papers: Female Fury and the Masculine Spirit of Vengeance
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No Comments5-6 September 2012, University of Bristol, UK -
VAGANTES: “I See Red: Language of Blood and Feminity in Táin Bó Cúailnge
Posted on April 6, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper examined the role of Medb and Fedelm, the seer in the Táin. It focuses on this conversation between the seer and Medb. -
VAGANTES: “That is a Long Preamble of a Tale”: Mobile Narratives in Fragment III of the Canterbury Tales
Posted on April 6, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper focused on the 12 lines from fragment 3 of the Canterbury Tales of The Wife of Bath. -
VAGANTES: The Case of a Married Female Saint: Rutebeuf’s Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Posted on April 6, 2012 | No CommentsRutebeuf suggests that Elizabeth converts her husband, in contrast with the documented reality of a pious crusading man. I will argue that Rutebeuf portrays and exaggerates marital tension in this text, both to create an interesting narrative and to enhance Elizabeth’s model as a saint. This work thus illustrates a fascinating intersection of faith and literature in thirteenth century France.
