Medieval Papers at the FHS:
"From Golden Age to Day of Wrath: The Eschatological Framework of
Carolingian Historiography in the Mid-Ninth Century" -- David Van Meter,
Boston University
"Carolingian Views of the Barbarian Invasions: Frechulf of Lisieux & the
Historiography of the Ninth Century" -- Michael Idomir Allen, Society of
Fellows, U. of Michigan
"The Neustrian Peasant _Coniuratio of 858: On the Relationship of Elites &
Commoners in Late Carolingian France" -- Richard A. Landes, Boston
University
"Canonical Precedents in the Carolingian Period fo the Late-Tenth-Century
Peace Assemblies" --Michael Hynes, Columbia University
A Panel on "Problems of Periodization: Of What Use is Medieval History to
the Historians of France?" chaired by Patrice Higonnet, Harvard, with panel
members Penelope Johnson, New York University; David Landes, Boston
University, Jeffrey Merrick, U. Wisconsin/Milwaukee, and Thomas Noble, U.
of Virginia
There was also a panel on "Sodomy, Male Relationships, & Public Reputations
in Medieval & Early Modern France with one medieval paper: "Masculine
Identity, Male Friendship, & Sodomy in 12th & early 13th-Century France" by
Mathew S. Keufler, Yale
Unfortunately, I was at the conference in my capacity as editor of French
Politics & Society and was unable to attend any of the panels. Perhaps
someone else who was there as a participant could comment on the papers.
Gretchen Richter Bouliane
Asst. Editor, French Politics & Society
Center for European Studies, Harvard U.
27 Kirkland Street
Cambridge MA 02138
phone: 617-495-4303, ext. 203
fax: 617-495-8509
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