IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 524: Vision Beyond Validation
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol |
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Organiser: | Anke Holdenried, Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol |
Moderator/Chair: | Anke Holdenried, Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol |
Paper 524-a | Imagery and Interpretation in Hildegard of Bingen's Visionary Lyrics (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Theology |
Paper 524-b | The Wrong Kind of Stigmata?: Catherine of Siena's Invisible Wounds (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Sermons and Preaching, Theology |
Paper 524-c | Adam of Perseigne and the Medieval Prophetic Tradition (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Religious Life, Theology |
Abstract | Recent studies of female prophets, mystics, and visionaries have often been especially concerned with the gendered dynamics of religious authority and patriarchal restriction of women's public voice. As a result, the notion of prophecy as a validation device (especially for women) has come to dominate scholarly approaches to medieval prophecy. This session offers a critical perspective on this state of research by exploring some of the diverse ways and contexts in which men and women encountered, discussed and articulated the divine mandate, suggesting that a preoccupation with the gender of prophets is perhaps less a medieval than a modern phenomenon. |