IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1129: Cistercian Paradigms, Problems, and Trends: Conformity or Iconoclasm
Wednesday 11 July 2007, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Cîteaux: commentarii cistercienses, Pontigny |
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Organiser: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Moderator/Chair: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Paper 1129-a | Dating Paradigms and Problems: The English Cistercian Houses (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Historiography - Medieval, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 1129-b | Books, Libraries, and the General Chapter: The Cistercians and the Culture of the Book (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Education, Literacy and Orality, Monasticism |
Paper 1129-c | The Abbey Church of Fontenay: The 'Classic Bernardine Church, Built 1139-47' - Myth and Reality: A Paradigm Dethroned? (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Historiography - Medieval, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Abstract | A great deal of what we think we know about Cistercian life, architecture, libraries, education, and administration is 'received wisdom' that often penetrates the general body of knowledge and stays firmly lodged, even when newer information should have called it into question. Each of these papers will deconstruct one or more of these problems. |