IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1624: Spiritual Renewal and Religious Emancipation in the Diocese of Liège, 12th-13th Centuries
Thursday 14 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Gent |
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| Organiser: | Jeroen Deploige, Vakgroep Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent |
| Moderator/Chair: | Veerle Fraeters, Ruusbroecgenootschap, Universiteit Antwerpen |
| Paper 1624-a | Weavers, Heretics, and Preachers: Apostolic Discourses and Social Change in the 12th- and Early 13th-Century Diocese of Liège (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1624-b | Cistercian Questions, Benedictine Answers: Religious Culture and Intellectual Interaction between the White Monks of Villers, Guibert of Gembloux, and Hildegard of Bingen (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Monasticism, Religious Life, Theology |
| Paper 1624-c | Living Saints in the Urban Culture of the Diocese of Liège (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The papers in this session will be dealing with the questions of how and why in the 12th and 13th centuries, the diocese of Liège became a cradle of spiritual renewal and religious emancipation in new milieus, both monastic and urban. We will focus on the first social groups relying on apostolic ideals at the risk of being accused of heresy; with reform-minded Cistercian circles inspired by the early mysticism and living sainthood of a Benedictine prophetess like Hildegard of Bingen; and with a number of 13th-century non-monastic charismatic women, representing a new kind of living lay saints. We thus aim at connecting a diverse range of spiritual developments that have rarely been studied together, but that have all contributed to the pioneering significance of this region in so many religious domains. |