Classical bits
issued by Silviu AnghelArchive for medieval studies
Welcoming the Stranger in Late Antiquity and the Earl Middle Ages
Australian Early Medieval Association
1-3 October 2008, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane
The period from late antiquity to the early middle ages was one of great social movement, of both individuals and people groups. How did people respond to demands made upon them for hospitality and charity by pilgrims, casualties of war, refugees, orphans, widows, those of other religions, the sick, the poor, itinerant monks and nuns, travelling traders and others?
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Comité International de Paléographie Latine – XVIth Colloquium: Teaching Writing, Learning to Write
Senate House, University of London
2-5 September 2008
The colloquium will address the psychology and sociology of the medieval scribe. How did scribes learn to write in the Middle Ages? What was the social and cultural significance of a script chosen for a particular function? How was script influenced by features of fashion? What was the interface between scribe and reader and the graphic signs used to communicate a message? Such questions impact on the transmission of texts, the growth of literacy and history of reading.
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