President: C. Matthew PhillipsConcordia University - Nebraska

Vice-president: Annette ParksUniversity of Evansville

Secretary: Louis HaasMiddle Tennessee State University

Treasurer: Martin ArbagiWright State University

Councilors: Linda Mitchell University of Missouri-Kansas City

Steven Stofferahn,Indiana State University

Local Arrangements: Adam Davis, Denison University

Program Chair: Michael Bailey, Iowa State University

47th Annual Midwest

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October 3-4,2008Denison University

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The Midwest Medieval History Conference is the oldest regional association devoted to medieval studies. For forty-seven years it has served as a forum for the discussion and presentation of new directions in historical research as well as a place of warm collegiality. Held on the campus of Denison University, in Granville, Ohio, the conference will commence with graduate student papers. Saturday’s meeting will feature the plenary address, as well as several sessions of presentations on a range of topics. At the end of the day there will be a banquet and the President’s Reception.

This year’s plenary speaker is Daniel Lord Smail (Harvard University).A specialist in social and cultural history, Professor Smail has published on such topics as law, violence, understandings of space, and most recently deep history. Among his books are Imaginary Cartographies: Possession and Identity in Late Medieval Marseille (1999), The Consumption of Justice: Emotions, Publicity, and Legal Culture in Marseille,1264-1423 (2003), and On Deep History and the Brain (2008).

Denison University is a highly selective, private, residential liberal arts college located in Granville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles east of Columbus. Founded in 1831, Denison enrolls just over 2,000 undergraduates, from almost all fifty states and more than forty countries. The college is situated atop a hill overlooking Granville, a quaint, New England-like village.

This conference is sponsored by the Denison University Provost’s Office

and Denison’s Department of History.

Blocks of rooms have been reserved at the Buxton Inn in Granville (313 E. Broadway, 740-587-0001), a short walk from campus; the Porch House (241 E. Maple, 740-587-1995), a small B&B in Granville, a short walk from campus; and the Courtyard Marriott in Newark (500 Highland Blvd., 740-344-1800), several miles from campus. Rates are $85-95 + tax for the Buxton and Porch House, and $104 + tax for the Marriott (please mention the MMHC for these rates). Note that you must reserve a hotel room by September 3 to be assured of getting a room (a limited number of rooms are available).

Conference attendees may park on the ground level of the Denison parking garage (marked for visitors). If no parking spaces are avail-able in visitor parking, press the button at the parking garage gate and say you are with the MMHC, and proceed to lower level parking. Conference registration will be on the lower level atrium of Burton Morgan Hall, directly accessible from P1 (visitor parking) of the parking garage. All sessions will be held in Higley Auditorium (Rm 105) in Higley Hall.

Welcome to the 47th Annual Meeting ofThe Midwest Medieval History Conference

Conference Registration

Name

Address

City, State, Zip

University

Email

Registration fee (Includes lunch on Saturday): $80 (Graduate Students, $40)

Banquet on Saturday: $45 Please indicate preferred entrée

“Tournedos” of Beef Tenderloin

Herb Roasted Salmon

Caponata Stuffed Tomato

Total payment: $

All checks should be made payable to Denison University and mailed to: Dr. Adam Davis, Department of History, Denison University, Granville OH 43023.

Registration forms must be received by September 19. Note that hotel rooms must be booked by September 3 (rooms are limited)! For questions, contact Adam Davis (davisaj@denison.edu).

If traveling to Denison University from I-70, exit onto OH-37 at Exit 126. Stay on OH-37 for about 9 miles and it becomes Main St. in Granville and leads up hill to campus.

Port Columbus International Airport (CMH) is about 22 miles from campus and is served by most major airlines and car rental companies. From the airport, take I-670 East (Cleveland/Wheeling), then merge onto I-270 North (Cleveland) via exit on the left, then, staying on the right, follow signs for Easton/OH-161 E/New Albany/Worthington, and merge onto OH-161 East toward New Albany (for about 21 miles.) Take the OH-37 E/OH-661 ramp toward Granville/Lancaster and turn left onto OH-37/OH-661 (which becomes Main St.) This leads right to the entrance to campus.

For the Parking Garage, and visitor parking, up the hill, bear to the right and then left around the curve under the arch of the Burton Morgan Building.

Friday, October 3, 2008Noon - 6:00pm • Conference Registration (Lower Level Atrium, Burton Morgan Hall)

1:00-2:15 pm - Heresy and OrthodoxyChair: Matthew Phillips, Concordia University

Adam L. Hoose, Saint Louis University“Eucharistic Orthopraxy in the Religiosity of Francis of Assisi, Pope Innocent III and Valdes of Lyon”

Anna Linden Weller, Rutgers University“Heresy and Latin Perception of Byzantine Imperial Power: Hugo Eteriano’s Contra Patarenos in Cultural Context”

2:30-4:00 pm -Violence in Practice Chair: Rowena Hernández-Múnquiz, Ohio Wesleyan University

Jonathan Klauke, Central Michigan University“The Causes of the Boudican Revolt”

Rebecca Church, University of Iowa“Between God’s Peace and the King’s: Eleventh and Twelfth Century Violence and its Effects”

Edward Humpert, The Ohio State University“How to Conquer the Welsh: Medieval Anglo-Welsh Relations”

4:15-5:45 pm -Portrayals of Violence Chair: Amy Livingstone, Wittenberg University

Amy K. Bosworth, Purdue University“Blood, Screams, and Tears: Violence, Miraculous Cures, and Ninth-Century Carolingian Hagiography”

Sean Williams, University of Tennessee, Knoxville“Portrayals of Persecution in Nithard’s Histories”

François Tobienne, Purdue University“Violence appropriée: la Théorie Mimétique, or Girardian Theory as Applied to Eustache the Monk”

8-10:00 pm Wine and Cheese Reception Nona’s Enoteca, 128 East Broadway

Saturday, October 4, 20088:00 am - Noon: Registration (Lower Level Atrium of Burton Morgan Hall)

8-8:45 am Continental Breakfast (Welsh Hills Room, Burton Morgan Hall)

8:45 am Welcome – Dale T. Knobel, President, Denison University (Higley Auditorium, Higley Hall)

9:00-10:30 am -The Violence of Peasants, Women, and Warriors

Chair: Daniel Hobbins, The Ohio State University

Kate McGrath, Central Connecticut State University“Peasant Anger and Violence in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Historical Narratives”

Jeffery A. Bowman, Kenyon College“Countesses Gone Wild: Elite Women and Violence in the Eleventh Century”

Louis Haas, Middle Tennessee State University“Monty Python’s Black Knight (“It’s Just a Flesh Wound”) Versus Braveheart (Warning Graphic Scenes of Medieval Violence): Knightly Casualties in the Middle Ages”

10:30-11:00 am Coffee Break

11:00 am-12:15 pm-Plenary Address Chair: Adam Davis, Denison University

“Violence and Predation in Late Medieval Europe”Daniel Lord Smail, Harvard University

12:30-2:15 pmLunch and Business Meeting

Welsh Hills Room, Burton Morgan Hall

2:30-4:00 pmPower and Political Constructions

Chair: Linda Mitchell, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Miriam Shadis, Ohio University“Iram Beatissime Virginis Marie: Invoking the Wrath of Mary in Twelfth-Century Iberia”

Annette Parks, University of Evansville“Rescuing Maidens from the Tower: Recovering the Stories of Female Political Hostages”

Christian Raffensperger, Wittenberg University “The Creation of Royalty: The Foundation Story of Vladimir of Rus ”

4:15-5:30 pmReligious and Intellectual Identities Chair: Alex Novikoff, Rhodes College

Jace Anselm Crouch, Oakland University“Supercessionism, the Call of the Gentiles, and the Conversion of the Visigoths in Isidore of Seville”

Gregory B. Sadler, Fayetteville State University“When Should Students be Beaten? St. Anselm’s Views on Coercion, Punishment, and Violence”

Thomas Renna, Saginaw Valley State University“The Mendicant Response to Marsilius of Padua”

6-9:00 pm Join us at The Granville Inn!

(314 East Broadway, Wales Room)

6:00-7:00 pm Cash Bar 7:00-9:00 pm Banquet 9:00 pm President’s Reception

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All events are in Higley Auditorium, locatedin Higley Hall (unless noted otherwise.)

Images and details from the Otto Ege Collection Doane Library Special Collections, Denison University