IMC 2012: Sessions

Session 1013: To Follow the Rules (or not): Cistercians on the Edge

Sponsor:	Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses
Organiser:	Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Moderator/Chair:	Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Paper 1013-a	Caesarius of Heisterbach: Following the Rules of Rhetoric (or Not?) (Language: English) Victoria Smirnova, Department of Ancient Languages, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching
Paper 1013-b	Cistercians in a Cold Climate (Language: English) Øystein Ekroll, Institutt for historie og klassiske fag, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Trondheim / Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Local History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 1013-c	The Mysterious Munkeby Abbey: Some Secrets Revealed (Language: English) Kristin Foosnæs, Vitenskapsmuseet, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Local History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Abstract	Analysis of the writing style of Caesarius of Heisterbach allows a comparative literary analysis of the question of rules, while new research on Cistercian abbeys in Norway – far from Burgundy where the Order began, the abbots met yearly, and the regulations were discussed and developed - poses material questions. Excavations and documents will question to the meaning of 'rules' in the Middle Ages: conformity to Cistercian regulations when possible, and adaptations for survival when not.