IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 530: Re-Describing Religious Change, I: Negotiating Franciscan Identities
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
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Organiser: | Sita Steckel, Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
Moderator/Chair: | Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 530-a | Adam Marsh, Hugh of Digne, and the Exhortation of the Franciscan Order, c. 1241-1259 (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Theology |
Paper 530-b | New Manuscript Evidence for the Preaching Activity of William of Saint-Amour (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
Paper 530-c | The Making of Franciscan Poverty (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Abstract | With the fragmentation of old grand narratives of secularisation, there is a renewed focus on the transformation of religion and religious identities in the Middle Ages: besides growing recognition of the historical flexibility of concepts and practices of religion, various institutional histories are being re-thought with a strong focus on the negotiation of boundaries in conflicts and cultural transfer processes. In this first half of a double session, the papers form a case study on the religious and social identity of the Franciscan order, which constitutes an important strand in the ongoing re-description of 13th-century religious history. |