The Language of Othering in Medieval Wales, Pre- and Post-Conquest

Bartliff, Z. (2017) The Language of Othering in Medieval Wales, Pre- and Post-Conquest. International Medieval Conference 2017, Leeds, UK, 03-06 Jul 2017.

Abstract

This paper proposes to analyse the shift in the language used to describe the Other following the Norman conquest of Wales. This paper will draw upon the analysis of the multi-genre corpus created through the course of my PhD thesis in order to demonstrate how the literary Other slowly altered in order to reflect the external political situation of Medieval Wales. As a peripheral culture, the Welsh were regularly othered by their neighbours, particularly following the Norman Conquest and the establishment of the March. This, however, led to a very distinct sense of self, as evidenced by the prominence of the Welsh legal and narrative traditions. As a consequence there was also a very concrete conception of the Other. When the Welsh were faced with the cultural shift introduced by the presence of the Normans it is unsurprising that the concept of the Other shifted with it. Using corpus linguistic analysis this paper will empirically demonstrate this altered perception.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
• Additional Information: Paper 816-c presented in session 816: Living under the Rule of the Other.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Bartliff, Dr Zoe
• Authors: Bartliff, Z.
• Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Information Studies