Virtue, vice, & virility: High status men in the middle ages
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20-21 July, 2009
Research Beehive, Old Library Building
Newcastle University
Preliminary call for papers
High status men (both lay and clerical) were long the focus of ‘traditional’ histories of the Middle Ages but, nonetheless, many aspects of their lives, experiences and identities have remained unexplored by scholars. This interdisciplinary conference therefore invites abstracts for papers examining these hegemonic figures in the light of more recent methodologies and of changing understandings of the nature of medieval society and medieval sources. Examples of possible topics include: fatherhood and family relations, violence and warfare, religion and devotion, gender and sexuality, death and commemoration, power and patronage, nation and ethnicity, education, lifecycle, friendship, self-expression.
Plenary speakers:
Professor David Bates, University of East Anglia
Professor W. Mark Ormrod, University of York
Postgraduates and early career academics are especially encouraged to participate, and it is hoped that we will be able to offer some limited funding.
Should you require any further information, please contact Joanna Huntington or Katherine Lewis