Guinevere at Amesbury: Monasticism and the Arthurian Tradition

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Nancy Bradley Warren

Organizer Affiliation

Texas A&M Univ.

Presider Name

Nancy Bradley Warren

Paper Title 1

Guinevere at Amesbury: The Queen and the Convent

Presenter 1 Name

Jennifer Wollock

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Texas A&M Univ.

Paper Title 2

King Arthur's Cross-Cultural Transfiguration and the Christianization of Britain

Presenter 2 Name

Inti Yanes Fernandez

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Texas A&M Univ.

Paper Title 3

Prayer in Malory

Presenter 3 Name

Catherine Batt

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Leeds

Start Date

16-5-2015 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 212

Description

This session considers links between institutional religion and Arthurian narrative. Papers explore what Arthurian texts can reveal about relations among religious orders and lay cultures; the speakers also interrogate the ways in which literary and devotional conventions work together to shape the Arthurian corpus.

Nancy B. Warren