Enforcement and Application: Building a Case for Early Medieval Legal Texts as Law and Literature

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Center for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Organizer Name

Sharon Fischlowitz

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities/Mitchell-Hamline School of Law

Presider Name

Melissa R. Kavanah

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Paper Title 1

Gratian the Storyteller, Boccaccio the Lawyer: Legal and Literary Modes of Writing

Presenter 1 Name

Grace Delmolino

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Columbia Univ.

Paper Title 2

Gnomes and Norms: Friendship in Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry and Law

Presenter 2 Name

Philip Timmerman

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia

Paper Title 3

Public Peace and Personal Purity: Gender, Communities, and Relationships in Secular Laws, Penitentials, and Literature of Anglo-Saxon England

Presenter 3 Name

Rebecca Straple

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Paper Title 4

From Rome to Rothair: Evidence of Roman Culture in Lombard Law

Presenter 4 Name

Sharon Fischlowitz

Start Date

12-5-2016 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1005