IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 224: Space Oddity: Representation and Construction of the Carthusian Self
Monday 13 July 2009, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Cartusiana vzw |
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Organiser: | Tom Gaens, Cartusiana vzw, Zelem |
Moderator/Chair: | Jens Röhrkasten, School of History & Cultures, University of Birmingham |
Paper 224-a | Feeling your Words in my Mouth: Communal Interactions in Carthusian Epistolae (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism |
Paper 224-b | Be Manly: Gendered Identity in the Late Medieval Reform of the Carthusian Virginity Consecration Rite (Language: English) Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 224-c | Typology and Symbology in Carthusian Architecture (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Monasticism |
Abstract | Throughout the history of the Carthusian Order, charterhouses and their inhabitants have always exercised a peculiar fascination. The aim of this session, organised by Cartusiana, a Belgian-Dutch network of Carthusian researchers (www.cartusiana.org), is to study the medieval charterhouse as 'place apart' and symbolic space. Especially the Carthusian monks often established self-willed and dissenting identities, unique among the contemplatives and in the Western Church, by developing and using their own specific forms of symbolism. Bringing together specialists from various disciplines, the session focuses on Carthusian self-representation as a spiritual ideal and a historical dynamic, as revealed by architecture, ritual, and writings. |