Constructing Faith: Imitation, Personal Piety, and Conversion

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Birmingham Journal of Literature and Language

Organizer Name

Lisa V. Kranzer

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Birmingham

Presider Name

Katy Wright-Bushman

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 1

An Iconography of Aggression: The Image of the Serpent in the Staffordshire Hoard

Presenter 1 Name

Charlotte E. Ball

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Leicester

Paper Title 2

Constructing Experience: Imitation in the Late Medieval and Early Tudor Imaginations

Presenter 2 Name

Sarah M. Macmillan

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Liverpool Hope Univ.

Paper Title 3

Constructing a Past: Medieval Texts as Persuasive Tools in Reformation Writing

Presenter 3 Name

Lisa V. Kranzer

Paper Title 4

"Constructing Faith": Margery Kempe: Female Piety in the Late Middle Ages and the English Mystical Tradition

Presenter 4 Name

Carol F. Heffernan

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2014 8:30 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1275

Description

This session seeks to explore the process of conversion and the relevance of sincere faith as opposed to economic or social incentives for it, covering a period stretching from the Anglo-Saxons to Early Modern England.

Lisa V. Kranzer