IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1307: New Contexts for Old Stories, II: Late Antique and Early Medieval Literature Re-Used in Late Medieval Contexts
Wednesday 12 July 2006, 16.30-18.00
| 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: | Valerie Vermassen, Onderzoekseenheid Middeleeuwen, KU Leuven |
| Paper 1307-a | Sus sprichet sant Augustinus: Patristic Thought in German Catechetic and Homiletic Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Lay Piety, Monasticism, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 1307-b | The Church Fathers in Late Medieval Women's Convents in the Netherlands (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism |
| Paper 1307-c | 'Lere und bilde': Spiritual Guidance for Religious Communities in Early Medieval Hagiographic Models (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism |
| Abstract | As is well known, the Devotio Moderna tried to act 'according to the rule of the early Church'. But in many other fields of late-medieval religious life as well, the Church Fathers exerted a strong fascination. In the aftermath of scholasticism, a new simplicity of thought emerged, in which those writings were preferred whose authority was time-honoured and therefore unchallenged. The renewed reference to these old texts in support of contemporary spiritual life offered possibilities as well as difficulties; both will be highlighted in this session. |