CONGRESS CANCELED Ambiguous Identities in Medieval Sources
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Historians, must proceed with caution when entering into important discourse concerning identity in the Middle Ages. The assertion of a historical subject’s identity, via onomastics for example, may be based on tenuous assumptions. Furthermore, some subjects actively play with ambiguities of identity to benefit them as it suits their circumstances, as famously in The Return of Martin Guerre, creating further difficulties for the researcher. This session will explore methodologies to help cope with ambiguous ethnic, religious, and sexual identity within source material. Alison Langdon
CONGRESS CANCELED Ambiguous Identities in Medieval Sources
Bernhard 213
Historians, must proceed with caution when entering into important discourse concerning identity in the Middle Ages. The assertion of a historical subject’s identity, via onomastics for example, may be based on tenuous assumptions. Furthermore, some subjects actively play with ambiguities of identity to benefit them as it suits their circumstances, as famously in The Return of Martin Guerre, creating further difficulties for the researcher. This session will explore methodologies to help cope with ambiguous ethnic, religious, and sexual identity within source material. Alison Langdon