The Growth of the Biography of Dismas and Gesmas in Medieval Sources
German medievist and germanist Wilhelm Heizmann (Ludwig-Maxmilians-Universität München) will speak about the constitution of lives of the two prototypic villains of the European Middle Ages: Dismas and Gesmas, the two thieves on the Cross.
The series is organized by the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague. The Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages is part of the Humanities Research Centers.
The series is supported by the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague.
All the lectures and discussions will be in English.
Event detail
- Event start
- 26. 4. 2018 17:30 - 19:00
- Venue
- nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1 (Charles University, Faculty of Arts, room n. 319)
- Organizing Institution
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages
- Event type
- Lecture
