Workshop: Processes of Epistolary Communication in the Middle Ages

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Middeleeuwse tekening van een bode die een brief bezorgt, uit het middeleeuwse manuscript f. 3v Decretals of Gregory IX (ca. 1300). Bron: Bl Royal Manuscript Collection, British Library (publiek domein)
Medieval drawing of a messenger delivering a letter, from the manuscript f. 3v Decretals of Gregory IX (c. 1300). Source: Bl Royal Manuscript Collection, British Library (public domain)

How did medieval societies use the letter and who were among its users? On 12 and 13 June, the NWO VIDI project will host the workshop ‘Processes of Epistolary Communication in the Middle Ages’. This two-day workshop aims to foster conversation between scholars who work on Latin, Greek and Arabic letters in the Mediterranean world between c. 400 and 1000 CE.

Medieval epistolary communication

This workshop brings together experts on the Latin, Greek and Arabic letter. In seven thematic sessions, they will explore the diverse actions and actors involved in medieval epistolary communication, from letter-carriers crossing the Mediterranean as diplomats to letters being eaten for healing purposes. 

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University Hall, Belle van Zuylen Hall
Registration

To register, please send an email to organisers Robert Flierman and Hope Williard at lettercraft@uu.nl

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