All Outputs (10)

The Scottish Witch Hunts: the Religious and Legal Contexts (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2021, October). The Scottish Witch Hunts: the Religious and Legal Contexts. Paper presented at Witches' Stories: Folk healers and midwives accused and persecuted for helping others (1563-1736), Edinburgh [Online]

An examination of the religious and legal contexts for the witch hunts of 16th and 17th century Scotland.

The Scots Law of Intestacy: Whence? Where? Whither? (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2021, September). The Scots Law of Intestacy: Whence? Where? Whither?. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier Research Seminar Series, Edinburgh

An overview of the origins of current Scots intestacy law, the major problems posed by the current intestacy regime, and proposals for the possible reform.

Legal Practice in Modern History (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2021, May). Legal Practice in Modern History. Paper presented at Legal History in Modern Practice, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

The Romans envisioned history as a moral didactic, the purpose of which was to present stories about deeds accomplished by historical figures and to challenge readers to emulate those deeds, often by contrasting, for rhetorical purposes, the supposed... Read More about Legal Practice in Modern History.

The legal writings of Thomas Craig (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2016, June). The legal writings of Thomas Craig. Presented at Legal Literature in Sixteenth-Century Scotland, University of Aberdeen

This paper deals with the author's ongoing work on the legal writings of Thomas Craig and explores some of the issues that have arisen, particularly with respect to Craig's cultural context and literary influences.

The decline and fall of the Roman empire and its place in contemporary American political discourse, 2003-present (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2008, May). The decline and fall of the Roman empire and its place in contemporary American political discourse, 2003-present. Paper presented at Classical Empires in Contemporary Culture

This paper examines the ways in which the trope of Roman declinism was used by media and political commentators during the period 2003-2008. It considers how, during the Iraq War, both the political Left and Right in the United States seized on a nar... Read More about The decline and fall of the Roman empire and its place in contemporary American political discourse, 2003-present.

‘Holier than thou’: aristocracy, asceticism and the politics of piety in post-Roman Gaul (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2006, November). ‘Holier than thou’: aristocracy, asceticism and the politics of piety in post-Roman Gaul. Presented at University of Glasgow Classics Research Seminar Series

This paper examines the ways in which late Roman Christian aristocrats used ostentatious displays of asceticism to achieve specific political ends within their communities. It also examines the limits of acceptable asceticism by considering the expul... Read More about ‘Holier than thou’: aristocracy, asceticism and the politics of piety in post-Roman Gaul.

Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2006, July). Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language. Paper presented at 'Without Let or Hindrance’: Inclusion and its Subversion from the Medieval to the Modern

This paper examines an event described in Letter 5.5 of Sidonius Apollinaris which describes how the Roman aristocrat and lawyer, Syagrius, had broken with tradition and begun taking lessons in the Burgundian language. It demonstrates that this even... Read More about Rejecting romanitas? Sidonius, Syagrius and the politics of language.

The Burgundian regnum and the Roman state (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2006, April). The Burgundian regnum and the Roman state. Paper presented at Classical Association of England and Wales Annual Conference

An examination of the unusual relationship between the Burgundian kingdom and the Roman state during the 6th century. This paper demonstrates that, far from being antagonistic towards the Roman empire, the Burgundians viewed their kingdom as an exte... Read More about The Burgundian regnum and the Roman state.

Quid Athenae Hierosolymis? Christianity, careers and classical culture in the Roman Empire (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2005, November). Quid Athenae Hierosolymis? Christianity, careers and classical culture in the Roman Empire

An examination of the sometimes contradictory relationship between Christianity and classical literary culture in the late antique Roman empire. In particular, this paper focuses on the paradoxical position of Roman Christians who had been educated... Read More about Quid Athenae Hierosolymis? Christianity, careers and classical culture in the Roman Empire.

Classical culture in the post-Roman Rhône Valley (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2004, April). Classical culture in the post-Roman Rhône Valley. Presented at University of Glasgow Classics Research Seminar Series

An examination of the position of Latin literary culture in the Rhône Valley in the period 475-550, with particular attention to Avitus of Vienne and Caesarius of Arles.