International Medieval Congress 2005
University of Leeds
July 11-14, 2005

Schedule of Papers with Military History Themes

Monday 12 July 2004: 11.15 - 12.45

Session 106: AGINCOURT: THE ENDURING BATTLE (OR) AGINCOURT: REVISITED AND REVISED?
Organiser: Kelly DeVries, Department of History, Loyola College, Maryland
Moderator: Graeme Rimer, The Royal Armouries, Leeds

Paper 106-a: The 'Face of Battle' at Agincourt: Some Reappraisals
Clifford J. Rogers, Department of History, United States Military Academy, West Point

Paper 106-b: Longbow Archery at Agincourt: Some Reappraisals
Kelly DeVries

Paper 106-c: Henry Goes to Hollywood: Olivier's Agincourt
Robert C. Woosnam-Savage, The Royal Armouries, Leeds

Session 114:  YOUTH AND AGE IN THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY I
Sponsor: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Organiser: Henry Summerson, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford
Moderator: R. B. Dobson, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York

Paper 114-a: Medieval Youth and Age in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: An Overview
Henry Summerson

Paper 114-b: Old Soldiers in the Hundred Years War
Anne Curry, Department of History, University of Southampton

Paper 114-c: Young Women in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Jeremy Goldberg, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York

Session 121: OLD AND YOUNG KNIGHTS: MEDIEVAL FACTS AND MODERN MEDIEVALISM
Sponsor: Interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies, Universität Salzburg
Organiser: Siegrid Schmidt, Institut für Germanistik, Universität Salzburg
Moderator: Agáta Dinzl, Univerzity Karlovy, Praha / Institut für Germanistik, Universität Salzburg

Paper 121-a: Crossbows or Catapults?: The Identification of Siege Weaponry and Techniques in the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia
Stephen R. Turnbull, Centre for Military History, University of Leeds

Paper 121-b: Der Aufstand der Jugend in Modernen Mittelalter-Theaterstücken: Dorst/Ehler - Hein
Ulrich Müller, Institut für Germanistik, Universität Salzburg

Paper 121-c: 'Elderly Knights' in deutschsprachiger Jugendliteratur
Siegrid Schmidt

Tuesday 13 July 2004: 16.30 - 18.00

Session: 803: ARMING THE YOUTH
Organiser: Graeme Rimer, The Royal Armouries, Leeds
Moderator: Robert C. Woosnam-Savage, The Royal Armouries, Leeds

Paper 803-a: A Touch of Meleyn: From Mail to Plate Armour in Medieval Europe
Thom Richardson, The Royal Armouries, Leeds

Paper 803-b: 'How a man schall be armyd': A Practical Guide to the Wearing of Armour Based on the Hastings Manuscript - An Interpretation
Thom Richardson

Paper 803-c: 'The antient arte of shootynge': The Training of an Archer
Graeme Rimer and John Waller, The Royal Armouries, Leeds

Wednesday 14 July 2004: 11.15 - 12.45

Session 1103: WAR, POLITICS, AND GOVERNMENT: LIBERTIES IN NORTH-EAST ENGLAND IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
Sponsor: AHRB Centre for North-East England History
Organiser: Matthew Holford, Department of History, University of Durham
Moderator: Keith J. Stringer, Department of History, University of Lancaster

Paper 1103-a: The Crown and North-Eastern Liberties in the Early 14th Century
Matthew Holford

Paper 1103-b: Northumberland Liberties and the 14th-Century County Community
Andy King, Department of History, University of Durham

Paper 1103-c: The Creation of a Border Liberty Identity: 1498-1536
Claire Etty, Department of History, University of Durham

Session 1117: AGE, LIFE CYCLE, AND IDENTITY (C. 900-1300), II: LIFE CYCLE AND MASCULINITY
Sponsor: Department of History & American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University College
Organiser: Louise J. Wilkinson, Department of History & American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University College
Moderator: Charles Insley, Department of History & American Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University College

Paper 1117-a: Teenage Angst: The Experience of Adolescence in 11th- to 13th-Centuries Iceland and Normandy
Nic Percivall, School of History, University of Liverpool

Paper 1117-b: 'Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die': Youth, War, and Masculinity in Geffrei Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis
Agnes E. R. Davis, School of History, University of Liverpool

Paper 1117-c: The Fate of the Old Warrior in the 11th and 12th Centuries
William M. Aird, School of History & Archaeology, Cardiff University

Wednesday 14 July 2004: 16.30 - 18.00

Session 1318: NORTHERN EUROPEANS AND CRUSADING
Organiser: IMC Programming Committee
Moderator: Alan V. Murray, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds

Paper 1318-a: Conrad III and the Greek Sources for the Second Crusade: Errors, Omissions, and Flawed Presumptions
Jason T. Roche, Department of Mediaeval History, University of St Andrews

Paper 1318-b: From Crusade Plans to Princely Pilgrimages to Rome: The Crusade Plan of King Christian I of Denmark (1471) and his Roman Pilgrimage of 1474
Stephen Turk Christensen, Open University, Denmark

Paper 1318-c: Crusades at the End of the World: Scandinavia and the Crusades, 1397-1523
Janus Møller Jensen, Department of History & Civilisation, University of Southern Denmark, Odense

Thursday 15 July 2004: 11.15 - 12.45

For a full list of sessions and activities, or other information, please go to the International Medieval Congress website