Medieval Propaganda: Its Forms and Functions
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Noelle Phillips
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of British Columbia
Presider Name
Noelle Phillips
Paper Title 1
Wycliffe in a Letter: Refashioning the Voice of Dissent in Fifteenth-Century England
Presenter 1 Name
M. Breann Leake
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Connecticut
Paper Title 2
Duke Humphrey and Rylands MS French 54: Lancastrian Uses of Space in Propaganda
Presenter 2 Name
Raluca Radulescu
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Bangor Univ.
Paper Title 3
Peerless Pageant or PR Pageant? Art and Propaganda in Anne Boleyn's Coronation Pageant
Presenter 3 Name
Sarah Crover
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of British Columbia
Start Date
16-5-2015 10:00 AM
Session Location
Bernhard 159
Description
Early forms of propaganda have, historically, been underanalyzed in criticism, mainly because propaganda is often seen as a blunt tool with no real nuance and little to no literary value. It is considered utilitarian rather than artistic, and may seem a product of selfishness or greed rather than a work produced by an "Author" or artist. Papers in this session will demonstrate the value of more comprehensive analysis of the literature of propaganda in the Middle Ages, whether in the form of books, poems, broadsides, or other manifestations. Propaganda often had a much wider cultural function than simply shoring up the perspective of a monarch, aristocrat, or civic leader. The codicological context in which we find propagandistic literature, the scribal emendations and transmission of the text, the historical content in the poetry itself, and even the later reception of such literature can all be fruitful avenues of inquiry into the significance of propaganda in the medieval and early modern period.
Noelle Phillips
Medieval Propaganda: Its Forms and Functions
Bernhard 159
Early forms of propaganda have, historically, been underanalyzed in criticism, mainly because propaganda is often seen as a blunt tool with no real nuance and little to no literary value. It is considered utilitarian rather than artistic, and may seem a product of selfishness or greed rather than a work produced by an "Author" or artist. Papers in this session will demonstrate the value of more comprehensive analysis of the literature of propaganda in the Middle Ages, whether in the form of books, poems, broadsides, or other manifestations. Propaganda often had a much wider cultural function than simply shoring up the perspective of a monarch, aristocrat, or civic leader. The codicological context in which we find propagandistic literature, the scribal emendations and transmission of the text, the historical content in the poetry itself, and even the later reception of such literature can all be fruitful avenues of inquiry into the significance of propaganda in the medieval and early modern period.
Noelle Phillips