Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Wiiliam Chester Jordan's scholarly record and acumen praised; and we don't praise great administrators/scholars often enough.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:05:45

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:05:45

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Investigation of Louis' goals that were not quite met. Starting with Crusading in late 13th century.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:12:21

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:12:21

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Louis IX's captivity as prompting a penitential turn (esp in the stories). Jordan keeps returning to the hope of Christians...

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:19:10

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:19:10

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Discussion of threat to Louis IX of torture to the feet; story supposedly memorialized by coins and other items

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:23:49

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:23:49

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Jordan initially skeptical of the story about the coins. None have resurfaced since. Inscription "Etiam reges" might explain it.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:25:51

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:25:51

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Jordan posits the explanatory value of the inscription "Even kings" for Louis IX's reign matters even if it was not in the coins

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:28:35

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:28:35

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Louis's retreat from Parisian celebrations of his return from the Holy Land is psychologically revealing, according to Jordan

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:30:17

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:30:17

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Jordan identifies Louis' determination to stamp out usury (particularly practiced by Jews), secular song and other amusements

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:35:37

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:35:37

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Educational program for prince and princess part of Louis' "moral initiatives" as Jordan calls them.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:36:53

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:36:53

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Jordan points out the with all his illness and piety, Louis IX could have abdicated and been a monastic.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:38:57

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:38:57

Courtney E. Rydel@cerydel

#MAA2015 Jordan points out the long-term lesson: the difficulty of mustering the moral authority and practical power to transform a country.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:50:58

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— Courtney E. Rydel (@cerydel)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:50:58

claire m. l. bourne@roaringgirle

.@cerydel should win a prize for live-tweeting #MAA2015! her dispatches are short, sweet, and clear, making it fun & easy to follow along...

Sat, Mar 14 2015 14:21:59

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— claire m. l. bourne (@roaringgirle)Sat, Mar 14 2015 14:21:59

Kristen Mapes@kmapesy

Thanks to @MedievalAcademy president. William Chester Jordan for a great talk on Louis IX. Wonderful storytelling. #MAA2015

Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:51:35

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— Kristen Mapes (@kmapesy)Sat, Mar 14 2015 13:51:35

Ben Ambler@bjdambler

#MAA2015 #NicoleEddy #NewPhilology is, finally, current, now in the blooming atmosphere of digital/social media.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 14:52:13

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— Ben Ambler (@bjdambler)Sat, Mar 14 2015 14:52:13

Ben Ambler@bjdambler

#MAA2015 #NicoleEddy History, marginalia vis à vis Chrétien in MS Bn. fr. 1450: a programmatic formulation of literary texts into a history

Sat, Mar 14 2015 14:53:19

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— Ben Ambler (@bjdambler)Sat, Mar 14 2015 14:53:19

Ben Ambler@bjdambler

#MAA2015 #NicoleEddy this program of #Chrétien sets up a #TranslatioStudii concomitantly with a #TranslatioImperii

Sat, Mar 14 2015 14:57:44

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— Ben Ambler (@bjdambler)Sat, Mar 14 2015 14:57:44

Ben Ambler@bjdambler

#MAA2015 #NicoleEddy #Chrétien As reader's brackets suggest, could we read #SirKay as repository of wisdom, rather than mere antihero?

Sat, Mar 14 2015 15:08:26

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— Ben Ambler (@bjdambler)Sat, Mar 14 2015 15:08:26

Ben Ambler@bjdambler

#MAA2015 #NicoleEddy #Chrétien another marginal note highlights coronation of Enide, giving hers equal footing with Erec's. #GenderEquity?

Sat, Mar 14 2015 15:10:30

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— Ben Ambler (@bjdambler)Sat, Mar 14 2015 15:10:30

Ben Ambler@bjdambler

#MAA2015 #NicoleEddy #Chrétien long stretches of notes highlight the rōl of #women in the text. Can this round argument of female rēdership?

Sat, Mar 14 2015 15:12:32

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— Ben Ambler (@bjdambler)Sat, Mar 14 2015 15:12:32

William E. Bolton@william_ellet

Reading along with #NewPhilology with @bjdambler at #MAA2015.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 16:03:33

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— William E. Bolton (@william_ellet)Sat, Mar 14 2015 16:03:33

Roland Black@RolandBlack5

Literally been fed three square meals per day just on reception food at #maa2015. Flawless job of hosting by Notre Dame.

Sat, Mar 14 2015 17:07:53

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— Roland Black (@RolandBlack5)Sat, Mar 14 2015 17:07:53

Kristen Mapes@kmapesy

getting started w/the panel “Power and the Poor in late medieval urban spaces” #MAA2015 #s50

Sat, Mar 14 2015 17:33:07

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— Kristen Mapes (@kmapesy)Sat, Mar 14 2015 17:33:07