Envisioning the Afterlife in the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dept. of History, Univ. of British Columbia

Organizer Name

Richard Matthew Pollard

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of British Columbia

Presider Name

B. Gregory Hays

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia

Paper Title 1

The Anglo-Saxons and the Other World

Presenter 1 Name

Gernot Wieland

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of British Columbia

Paper Title 2

Reading Pope Gregory's Dialogues on Visions in the Early Middle Ages

Presenter 2 Name

Jesse Keskiaho

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Cambridge

Paper Title 3

Lasting Echoes of the Visio Wettini: From Early Medieval to Early Modern

Presenter 3 Name

Richard Matthew Pollard

Start Date

14-5-2015 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 208

Description

The papers in this session will discuss visions of the afterlife from the early Middle Ages, in particular how they were interpreted, categorised, and their reception.

Richard M. Pollard