CENTER AND PERIPHERY IN MEDIEVAL LATIN STUDIES
Organized by Ralph Hexter, Hampshire College

[Panel as described in Call for Papers]
Scholars have often preceived Medieval Latin as having had a geographical center extending from Italy to England, with France and Germany
at its core.  Authors and texts originating in the center have usually been given primacy in literary histories and course reading lists, but
Latin was also an important literary language on the Iberian peninsula, in Celtic regions and Scandanavia, and at times in North Africa,
Eastern Europe and the Holy Land.  This panel seeks to shift the focus from the center to the "periphery" in order to broaden the perspective
on Medieval Latin.

Philip Freeman, Luther College
Finding the Text of the Libri Sancti Patricii

 Aidan Conti, University of Bergen
Preaching on the Periphery: Receiving and Reinventing the Word of God

 Lars Boje Mortensen, University of Bergen
The Latin Beginnings of Danish, Icelandic and Norwegian Literature

 Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, The Royal Library, Copenhagen
Crusading Historiography in the Scandinavian Periphery

 Elod Nemerkenyi, Central European University
The Formation of Latin Literacy in Medieval Hungary

Respondent: Ralph Hexter, Hampshire College