IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 1114: Following the Rules or Not in Preaching, II: The Sermons
Wednesday 11 July 2012, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | International Medieval Sermon Studies Society |
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| Organiser: | Valentina Berardini, Dipartimento di Studi Americani, Europei e Interculturali, Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza' |
| Moderator/Chair: | Bert Roest, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen |
| Paper 1114-a | Preaching the Other World: From Conciliar Rules to Late Medieval Pulpits (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 1114-b | Preaching the Bible: The Reportationes of Paolo di Assisi's Lent Sermons (Florence, 1437) (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Lay Piety, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 1114-c | The Construction and Use of a Model Sermon: The Sermons on the Prodigal Son by Bernardino da Siena and Bernardino da Feltre (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Literacy and Orality, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
| Abstract | The second session will investigate the contents delivered in sermons and the transition from the guidelines given by conciliar rules or model sermon collections, and the sermons actually preached, in as much as it is possible to retrieve through reportationes (reports taken during preaching). What were the strategies used to present the religious message in preaching? How useful were model sermons? The session will highlight tensions between theory and practice, the functionality of models or the need to change them, the roles played by the personality of individual preachers or the nature of the audience. |