Science and Magic in Lawman and the Brut Tradition

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Lawman's Brut Society

Organizer Name

Kenneth Tiller

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia's College at Wise

Presider Name

Kenneth Tiller

Paper Title 1

Locrin's "Earth House" and The Wife's Lament Reconsidered

Presenter 1 Name

Dolores Warwick Frese

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 2

Necromancy in New Troy

Presenter 2 Name

Margaret Lamont

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Paper Title 3

Which Came First, the Caligula Chicken or the Otho Egg?

Presenter 3 Name

John Brennan

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ-Fort Wayne

Paper Title 4

Medicine in Lawman's Brut

Presenter 4 Name

Gail Berlin

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania

Start Date

10-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 2020

Description

This session engages recent scholarship on magic and science (or natural philosophy) in the Brut, as well as in the wider Brut tradition, including work on astronomy and on the Merlinian prophecies. As evidence points to Lawman's participation in the intellectual, philosophical, and theological currents of late twelfth/early thirteenth-century England, the session invites proposals on topics related to science and magic--broadly conceived--in Lawman and in analogous Brut texts.

Kenneth Tiller