Battle of Vouille

[RALPH MATHISEN]

SYMPOSIUM COMMEMORATING THE 1500th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE  BATTLE OF VOUILLE
On April 21, 2007, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will host 
a Symposium Commemorating the 1500th Anniversary of the Battle of Vouille, 
the battle where in 507 the Franks destroyed the Visigothic Kingdom of 
Toulouse and where, according to a plaque placed in Vouille, "commenca la 
France." The symposium will meet on the first floor of the Levis Faculty 
Center on the UIUC campus with the following program:
VOUILLÉ IN GEOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGY  9:00-10:30 AM
"Ravenna, St. Martin, and the Battle of Vouillé"
Deborah  Deliyannis, Univ. of Indiana
"The Missing Archaeology of the Visigoths"
Bailey Young, Eastern Illinois University
"Vouillé, Voulon, and the Location of the Campus Vogladensis"
Ralph Mathisen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
VOUILLÉ IN SIXTH-CENTURY POLITICS  11:00-12:00 PM
"Ripples around Vouillé"
Danuta Shanzer, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Vouillé and the Restoration of the Roman Empire"
Jonathan J. Arnold, Univ. of Michigan
VOUILLÉ AND GAUL 1:00-2:00
"Vouillé, Orléans (511), and the Origins of Frankish Conciliar Tradition"
Greg Halfond, University of Minnesota
"Gregory's Literary Model for the Battle of Vouillé"
Philip Wynn, University of Notre Dame
PLENARY ADDRESS  2:00-2:45 PM
"Vouillé and the 'Decisive Battle'  Phenomenon".
Bernard  Bachrach, Univ. of Minnesota
BLUE-RIBBON PANEL COMMENTARY ON CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION OF 
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VOUILLÉ FOR THE LATER MEDIEVAL WORLD 3:00-4:00 PM
Panelists: Steve Fanning (Univ. of Illinois-Chicago),
Carol Symes (UIUC)  "'Alors commença la France': Modern Fictions of Medieval 
French Nationalism"
RECEPTION 4:00-5:00 PM
Registration is free. In order to provide for refreshments, we ask that 
those interested in attending or who would like further information please 
contact Ralph Mathisen (ralphwm at uiuc.edu) or Danuta Shanzer 
(shanzer at uiuc.edu)
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