Frankish Annals | 15-16 September 2022

Frankish annals of the eighth and ninth centuries still resist a consensual scholarly synthesis on several aspects. This conference aims to bring together new approaches and future perspectives for the study of annals. Starting with a review of the fundamentals of the genre, papers will then move on to changes in narrative techniques, the importance of codicological contexts, dissemination, and the practice of rewriting. Particular attention will be paid to the challenges annals are posing to editors, as the many nineteenth-century editions still in use are less and less suitable for a variety of present-day approaches. In all, the conference will hopefully contribute to a better understanding of history writing in early medieval Europe. [back]

June 16, 2021 | Bede and the Continent

Beda Venerabilis (672‒735) is the creator of several important texts on historiography and computus. His two chronicles in particular were widely transmitted and read soon after they were written. Especially in the Carolingian period, these sources, which were received, adapted and integrated into various codicological contexts, served as a basic framework of historical knowledge until the late Middle Ages and inspired countless chronistic and annalistic continuations. In addition, the stereotypical structure of Bede’s chronicles as a form-giving narrative inspired the composition of further chronicles. The workshop looks at the influence and effectiveness of Beda's chronicles on the basis of several examples.

Máirín MacCarron, University College Cork
The Key Features of Bede’s Chronicles
Joshua Westgard, University of Maryland
Aspects of the Afterlife of Bede’s Historical Writings
Sören Kaschke, Universität zu Köln
“The Years They Are A-Changing”. Bede’s Reckoning of Time and Its Adaptation in the Chronicon Universale of 741
Patrick S. Marschner, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
A Historiographical Triad? Bede, the "Chronicon Moissiacense" and the Chronicle of Claudius of Turin
Richard Corradini, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
The "Chronica de VI aetatibus mundi". A Successful Bede Follow-up

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