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Rogation Procession from the Luttrell Psalter

Medieval Children 1200-1500

Friday-Sunday, 16-18 June 2006

An international, interdisciplinary conference, sponsored by the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies and the School of English at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. This three-day event will take place in Grimond Building Lecture Theatre.

Keynote speakers:

  • Prof. Derek Brewer (English, Emmanuel, Cambridge): 'Medieval Images of Childhood' Prof.
  • Nicholas Orme (History, Exeter): 'Reconstructing Medieval Childhood'

Featured speakers:

  • Dr Gary Dickson (History, Hon. Fellow, Edinburgh): 'The Children’s Crusade in England & Scotland'
  • Dr Jeremy Goldberg (History, York): 'Learning Gender Identities in the Medieval Household: Some Later Medieval English Evidence'
  • Dr Eve Salisbury (English, Western Michigan): 'Positioning the Son: Chaucer's Treatise on Home Schooling'
  • Featured Walking Tour along the Pilgrim’s Way:
  • Prof. Peter Beidler (English, Lehigh) and Graham Mallaghan (English, Kent)

Panels:

  • PANEL I: Conduct Literature and Education
  • PANEL II: Education at Home and School
  • PANEL III: Children, Parents, and the Society
  • PANEL IV: Religious Significance of Children’s Mortality, Innocence, and Differing Art Representations
  • PANEL V: Hagiography & Speech: Saintly/Secular Children, and Their Fathers
  • PANEL VI: Drama & Romance: Boys and Their Fathers and Mothers
  • PANEL VII: Violence, Abuse, and Attempted Murder; Interplay between Christianity and Judaism
  • PANEL VIII: In the Name of God, For the Love of God: Sexuality, Sacrifice, Incest, and Singing
  • PANEL IX: Beyond the Medieval English, Beyond the Medieval West

Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NX

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