New Research on the Disticha Catonis I

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

W. Martin Bloomer

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Presider Name

Justin Hastings

Presider Affiliation

Loyola Univ. Chicago

Paper Title 1

Catonian Authority in the Carolingian Curriculum

Presenter 1 Name

Elizabeth Archibald

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Pittsburgh

Paper Title 2

Pater ad filium: The Disticha Catonis in the Context of Other Didactic Texts of the Type "Advice of a Father to His Son"

Presenter 2 Name

Nikolaus Henkel

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Albert-Ludwigs-Univ. Freiburg

Paper Title 3

First Look at the Commentary Summi deus largitor

Presenter 3 Name

Julia A. Schneider

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Start Date

12-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 2345

Description

The speakers consider the long history and various uses of the Distichs of Cato, the leading schoolbook of the middle ages. Some attention will be given to the Digital Schoolbook, a project to make available resources on the history of medieval school texts and commentaries.

W. Martin Bloomer