- Here are the first news stories to come out about the congress
Get a taste of history with the Leeds International Medieval CongressMonday 7 July - Thursday 10 July marks the 21st annual International Medieval Congress, where the people of Leeds are invited join in with a series of events open to the public.Scholar prepares for third visit to The International Medieval Congress
Scholar prepares for third visit to The International Medieval Congress 4:50pm Tuesday 1st July 2014 in News Michael Gibson with his very own 'Green Knight' KNUSTFORD'S 'Poetrician' is hoping to inspire fellow scholars at this year's The International Medieval Congress in Leeds- and has a surprise in store for one famous speaker.
Was Edward the Black Prince really a nasty piece of work?A newly discovered letter that has lain unread for over 600 years is forcing a rethink of a 14th Century prince with a controversial reputation, writes Luke Foddy. He was the superstar of his age, winning his spurs in battle aged just 16.- What's the Twitter buzz for today...
Keynote Lecture in the Great hall is packed! Still a few seats available upstairs! #IMC2014 pic.twitter.com/SbDDEScyrz//twitter.com/IMC_Leeds/status/486060003963727872
— IMC_Leeds (@IMC_Leeds)Mon, Jul 07 2014 08:11:50- IMC plenarists Chinca and Young ask if Monmouth inspired the Kaiserchronik. Evidence is piling up...stay tuned! #IMC2014
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— Lisa Fagin Davis (@lisafdavis)Mon, Jul 07 2014 08:57:22 - Medieval belief that dogs had healing powers: their licking heals wounds. So to cure tummy ache, strap a puppy round your waist #IMC2014
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— Dr Kate Wiles (@katemond)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:38:24 - Alheydis Plassmann doing stand up comedy about academic funding. Not something you hear every day. #IMC2014
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— Monash CMRS (@MonashCMRS)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:17:32 - Rules for eating in the medieval world: do not bend over unduly. We are not cows in the pasture #IMC2014
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— Dr Kate Wiles (@katemond)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:21:54 - Eoghan Ahern: Vita Sancti Wilfridi part of the propaganda effort for Wilfrid's sanctity - 'cosmic aesthetic holiness' #IMC2014
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— Kathryn Maude (@krmaude)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:20:56 - EA: Wilfrid's miracles normally horizontal miracles - they establish his sanctity in the community - 'helping miracles' #IMC2014
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— Kathryn Maude (@krmaude)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:23:37 - EA: As well as Wilfrid, Martin and Germanus also have fire miracles where places they are in cannot be burnt down #IMC2014
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— Kathryn Maude (@krmaude)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:33:04 - EA: Deliberate effort to portray Wilfrid as an episcopal saint with horizontal practical miracles, rather than cosmic miracles #IMC2014
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— Kathryn Maude (@krmaude)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:34:20 - MI: Disc brooch from 6th/7thC found in Faversham - multiple decorative fields forces eye to move from one to the next #IMC2014
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— Monash CMRS (@MonashCMRS)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:50:42- TM: Taboo of king’s feet touching the earth when in his sacred state - related to the stone that chooses the king? Fertility themes #IMC2014
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— CLAMS @ King's (@clamskcl)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:56:50 - AH Our work is never apolitical. Revisionist historiography on Iceland can have an effect on public views (for better or for worse) #IMC2014
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— Kate Maxwell (@skatemaxwell)Mon, Jul 07 2014 11:00:32 - SL: Guthlac's burial - sent a lead lined coffin by an admirer (rubbish present?! Threat?!) #IMC2014
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— Kathryn Maude (@krmaude)Mon, Jul 07 2014 11:00:38 - Pilsworth took us through Beowulf et al, where musicians are all foreign. Were such traditions 'imported' into aristocratic courts? #IMC2014
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— Kate Maxwell (@skatemaxwell)Mon, Jul 07 2014 11:04:44 - Pilsworth: Very few remains of harps/lyres in med. Scandinavia. But then they were made of wood, and would have decayed quickly. #IMC2014
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— Kate Maxwell (@skatemaxwell)Mon, Jul 07 2014 11:05:48 - Pilsworth: no direct evidence that epics etc were sung in med. Scandinavia, but plenty of indirect. Very interesting! #IMC2014
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— Kate Maxwell (@skatemaxwell)Mon, Jul 07 2014 11:06:30 - Here's a nice medieval euphemism: a larger woman was described as 'not undergrown'! #IMC2014
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— Dr Kate Wiles (@katemond)Mon, Jul 07 2014 10:26:56
My first publication ('East Meets West,' in the middle) is for sale at #IMC2014 book fair. Go buy it. pic.twitter.com/zCL2DRWfim//twitter.com/CCB_in_ATX/status/486110301679808512
— Courtney Barajas (@CCB_in_ATX)Mon, Jul 07 2014 11:31:42
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