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jan

2016

Lausanne

Call for papers - Europe

Inventing medieval literature (16th-17th century)

This conference aims to study the categories and periodizations used by 16^th and 17^th century antiquarians to classify the texts gathered today under the name "medieval literature". We examine the motivations behind antiquarian interest in texts which were difficult to read and understand, carried moral and religious values perceived as "alien", and were sometimes considered useless if not harmful to read, but were nevertheless recognized as reliable sources on past habits. Special attention will be given to discourses of continuity (origins of a modern language) or rupture (medieval "barbarity" or "popery") in which these texts were used as supports.

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