Community in Anglo-Saxon England: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Deanna Forsman

Organizer Affiliation

North Hennepin Community College

Presider Name

Deanna Forsman

Paper Title 1

Community Matters: Burial Practices and Religious Identity in Conversion-Era England

Presenter 1 Name

Mark Alan Singer

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Luther College

Paper Title 2

Re-membering Community: Mortuary Ritual as Social Strategy in Early Anglo-Saxon England

Presenter 2 Name

Heather Flowers

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Minnesota State Univ.-Mankato

Paper Title 3

Bede's Multiple Textual Communities in Anglo-Saxon England

Presenter 3 Name

Larry Swain

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Bemidji State Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2014 10:30 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 2030

Description

This session will present the perspectives of an archaeologist, a historian, and a literary scholar on community in early Anglo-Saxon England (6th–8th centuries). Recent work on identity in the early middle ages has focused on the multi-valent and situationally constructed nature of individual identity. This panel seeks to explore the implications of this recent work for how we understand community in early Anglo-Saxon England. Through a multi-disciplinary approach to this topic, this panel will underscore that the multiple ways in which community can be studied is as varied as the way communities developed and defined themselves in the Anglo-Saxon period.

Deanna D. Forsman