IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 1017: Friend or Foe?: The Authority of the Later Medieval Laity as Patrons of Religious Houses in the British Isles
Wednesday 16 July 2003, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Glasgow |
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| Organiser: | Karen Stöber, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Björn Weiler, Department of History & Welsh History, Aberystwyth University |
| Paper 1017-a | For Power, Prestige or Prayer: Patrons and Late Medieval Scottish Convents (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 1017-b | Which Patron? Some English Monasteries that had to Choose (Language: English) |
| Paper 1017-c | Lay Patrons of Late Medieval Monasteries and Nunneries as Figures of Authority: The Case of England and Wales (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session treats the role of the laity as figures of power and authority in their capacity as patrons of religious houses in the British Isles. The first paper assesses lay patrons of Scottish convents - while the laity were helping the convents monetarily, this help could become a hinderance to the community - both spiritually and politically. The second speaker will concentrate on the evidence for the relationship between the Irish mendicant friars and their patrons based on the evidence of 15th-century wills and letters of confraternity, while the third speaker will focus on a range of issues relating to the lay patrons of late medieval English and Welsh religious houses, including bequests to, and burials in monestaries. |