IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1527: Conflicts as Catalysts: Conflict and Controversy between Mendicant Orders and Secular Clergy, I
Thursday 14 July 2011, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster / Episcopus - Society for the Study of Episcopal Power & Culture in the Middle Ages |
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| Organiser: | Sita Steckel, Department of History, Harvard University / Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
| Moderator/Chair: | Constant J. Mews, Centre for Studies in Religion & Theology, Monash University, Victoria |
| Paper 1527-a | A Secular Theologian's Conception of Evangelical Perfection: Nicholas of Lisieux's Contra Thomam et Pecham (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Philosophy, Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 1527-b | Bishops as Contemplatives in Action: Gerard d'Abbeville and the Trouble with Mendicants (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Philosophy, Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 1527-c | Grundmann Revisited: Mendicant-Secular Controversies and the Dynamic of 'Religious Movements' (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The double session explores conflicts between the mendicant orders and the established secular clergy between c. 1250 and 1430. It is assumed that these conflicts were not always destructive, but often productive and indeed catalytic events, prompting much social and religious theorizing and sensitizing audiences to specific issues and debates. By developing this angle to mendicant history, the session aims to contribute to our understanding of medieval social and religious theory and its underlying political mechanics. This first half of the double session deals with 13th-century actors and audiences and will present new work on relevant texts. |