Merovingians and Their Neighbors

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe

Organizer Name

Deanna Forsman

Organizer Affiliation

North Hennepin Community College

Presider Name

Heather M. Flowers

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Paper Title 1

From the Desert Fathers to Columban Monasticism: Early Medieval Notions of Work, Sustenance, and Subsistence in Ireland and Merovingian Gaul

Presenter 1 Name

Claire Adams

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Harvard Univ.

Paper Title 2

Saints' Lives in Seventh-Century France and Ireland

Presenter 2 Name

John Higgins

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst

Paper Title 3

Respondent

Presenter 3 Name

Deanna Forsman

Start Date

13-5-2017 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2030

Description

This session will examine connections between Merovingian Gaul and Ireland, focusing primarily on hagiography and monastic connections and similarities.

Deanna D. Forsman