IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 614: The Saint, the Natural, and the Supernatural World, II: Female Saints and Miracles in Hagiographical Tradition
Tuesday 8 July 2008, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Hagiography Society |
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Organisers: | Ulla Bucarey, Universität Augsburg Christian Krötzl, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, History & Philosophy, University of Tampere |
Moderator/Chair: | Christian Krötzl, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, History & Philosophy, University of Tampere |
Paper 614-a | Holy Violence: Crime and Punishment in the Miracles of St Thecla (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Hagiography, Women's Studies |
Paper 614-b | When One Dress is Plenty: Garment Miracles and Clothing Exchanges in Female Saints' Lives (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - German, Women's Studies |
Paper 614-c | Explaining the Unexplainable: Interpretation of Miracles and Signs in Late Medieval Female Saints' Lives (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - German, Women's Studies |
Abstract | This session gives insight into the impact and meaning of signs and miracles in female saints legends. From early tradition on virgin martyrs played a crucial role in hagiographical tradition, and their violent persecution was often described in horrifying details. Although women were considered to be inferior to men, female saints seem to have a special supernatual power male saints don't have. The session will show examples of the early Byzantine tradition as well as late medieval German tradition, and thus present quite different aspects of female saints and the supernatural world. |