The End of the

Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse,

the Rise of the Franks,

and the 'Beginning of France'

A Symposium on

the Occasion of the

1500^th Anniversary of the

Battle of Vouillé

APRIL 21, 2007

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Levis Faculty Center

Reading Room, 1^st floor

Generously Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Program and the Departments of Classics, French, Germanic Languages & Lit, and History

PROGRAM

Welcome by Anne D. Hedeman, Director of Medieval Studies (9:00 AM)

VOUILLÉ IN GEOGRAPHY AND MATERIAL CULTURE (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, UIUC

VOUILLÉ IN SIXTH-CENTURY POLITICS (11:00-12:00 PM)

"Ripples around Vouillé"

Danuta Shanzer, UIUC

"Vouillé and the Restoration of the Roman Empire"

Jonathan J. Arnold, Univ. of Michigan

VOUILLÉ AND GAUL (1:00-2:00 PM)

"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 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VOUILLÉ FOR THE MEDIEVAL WORLD (3:00-4:00 PM)

Panelists: Steve Fanning (Univ. of Ill.-Chicago;)

Carol Symes (UIUC) "'Alors commença la France': Modern Fictions of Medieval French Nationalism"

Information: Ralph Mathisen (ralphwm@uiuc.edu)

Danuta Shanzer (shanzer@uiuc.edu)