The Breaking of Britain
and
The Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies
University of Glasgow
Day Conference: Thursday 1 September 2011
“The Chronicle of Melrose
and other literature associated with Melrose Abbey”
3 University Gardens (Celtic & Gaelic), University of Glasgow
Programme:
10.00 Coffee/tea
10.30-11.20
Dauvit Broun, ‘English bishops in the Chronicle of Melrose in the mid-thirteenth century’
11.20-12.10
Helen Birkett, ‘Signa plura et permaxima: visionary culture at Melrose Abbey c.1200’
12.10-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.20
Thomas Owen Clancy, ‘Melrose, Roxburgh, and Scottish literature in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Scotland’
14.20-15.10
John Reuben Davies, ‘Editing the Life of Saint Waltheof, abbot of Melrose’
15.10-15.30 Tea/coffee
15.30-17.00 Discussion
Free Admission
For catering purposes, if those wishing to attend could contact Prof. Dauvit Broun (dauvit [dot] broun [at] glasgow [dot] ac [dot] uk) no later than Monday 22 August.
