IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1109: Monasticism as Regional Phenomenon

Wednesday 13 July 2011, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Monastic Wales Project
Organiser:	Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida
Moderator/Chair:	Janet Burton, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Paper 1109-a	Conflicting Loyalties in Religious Orders on the Fringes of the British Isles (Language: English) Anne Müller, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 1109-b	The Importance of Cistercian Peripheries (Language: English) Emilia Jamroziak, Forschungsstelle für Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte (FOVOG), Technische Universität Dresden / Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 1109-c	Regular Canons on the Edge of Christendom (Language: English) Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History
Abstract	The study of religious communities in their regional context, and more specifically in the shadow of powerful neighbours, has increasingly attracted the attention of scholars in Britain and Europe. The three papers in this session examine aspects of regional monasticism, considering different religious orders (Cistercian, Augustinian, Benedictine) as well as different regions (the British Isles, Iberia, central Europe), in order to draw some wider conclusions regarding the role of monasteries in the regions, their religious lives and duties, their social networks with lay society and their political and economic realities.