IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1207: New Contexts for Old Stories, I: Hagiography and Compassion in the Later Middle Ages
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen / Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft |
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| Organisers: | Suzan Folkerts, Faculteit der Letteren, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Arnold Otto, Erzbischöfliches Generalvikariat Erzbistumsarchiv, Paderborn |
| Moderator/Chair: | Koen Goudriaan, Opleiding Geschiedenis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Paper 1207-a | Saints’ Lives in a Devotia Moderna Context: Hagiographic Collections in the Priory of Korsendonk (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1207-b | The Afterlife of some 13th-Century Cistercian Vitae of the Diocese of Liège (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Paper 1207-c | Contemplating the Life and Passion of Christ: The Visualization of Emotions in the Vernacular Vita Jhesu in a 15th-Century Illuminated Manuscript of the Cistercian Nunnery of Lichtenthal (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Language and Literature - German, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
| Abstract | In the New Devotion movement of the later Middle Ages, a lot of older spiritual texts were copied and edited to meet the need for edifying and devotional material. The speakers in this session all work on 15th-century manuscripts in monastic contexts. They will present each a case study on the transmission of old vitae in the 15th century. Large hagiographic collections as well as a smaller set of Cistercian vitae, and a visualized Life of Christ serve as examples of new devotion to old stories. |