medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Renaissance Medievalisms
An interdisciplinary conference to be held at
The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies,
Victoria College, University of Toronto,
6-7 October 2006
Call for papers
The rejection of the medieval heritage and the reception of classical ideals
have traditionally been used to define the Renaissance. This interdisciplinary
conference will examine the Renaissance in a different light, namely in terms of
the presence of the medieval past in the culture of Renaissance Europe, and will
do so in two streams.
1) The undeniable continuum of medieval culture into the Renaissance period has
steadily become widely accepted, leading some recent scholarship to prefer even
to speak rather of "early modern" Europe. Clearly, then, the transference and
adaptation into the Renaissance of patently "medieval" elements of European
civilization from Boethius to Boccaccio merits continued investigation in order
not only to validate their continued presence, but also to determine exactly how
and what they contributed to the "renewal" we call the "Renaissance." Papers
from all disciplines are sought on particular examples of these aspects of
continuity.
2) In its awareness of the medieval period as something other, the Renaissance
was the first to be able to engage in medievalism proper, that is, knowledge and
study of and taste for, all things medieval as something distinct. How did
Renaissance scholars, historians, printers, rulers, artists, poets, and
dramatists investigate and depict the Middle Ages and its events, texts, and
personalities? Papers might examine either significant Renaissance
“medievalists” (e.g. Biondo, Sigonio, Flacius Illyricus, Camden, Leland, Parker,
Foxe, Bolland, Shakespeare, Tasso, Ariosto, Cujas, Celtis, Olaus Magnus) or the
reception of particular medieval figures and phenomena in the 15th-17th
centuries (e.g. what did the Renaissance make of Charlemagne, William the
Conqueror, or Joan of Arc? what was the printing history of Bede, Peter
Lombard, Dante or the Minnesänger? how are St. Benedict, Aquinas, or the
Crusades treated in visual art?)
Proposals are invited on all areas of scholarly investigation into Early Modern
Europe and the European expansion overseas (1400-1650), and especially (but not
exclusively) in the following general areas: Art and Literature * Commerce and
Economics * Learning, Scholarship, and Humanism* Science and Medicine * Politics
and Judicial Practices; Religion * Sex and Gender * Theatre and Spectacle *
Travel and Exploration. Proposals should include the title of the presentation,
a 150 words abstract, and a one-page c.v. Proposals should be emailed to
[log in to unmask] Deadline for submission: Wednesday, 15 March 2006
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