IMC 2013: Sessions

Session 203: Neglected Texts in Late Antique and Early Medieval Monasticism

Sponsor:	Network for the Study of Late Antique & Early Medieval Monasticism
Organiser:	Julian Hendrix, Department of Classics & History, Carthage College, Wisconsin
Moderator/Chair:	Janneke Raaijmakers, Afdeling Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht
Paper 203-a	Hildemar of Corbie on Prayer and Monastic Practice (Language: English) Julian Hendrix, Department of Classics & History, Carthage College, Wisconsin Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 203-b	The Manuscripts of the Hildemar Commentary (Language: English) Mariël Urbanus, Independent Scholar, Utrecht Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism
Paper 203-c	A Neglected Text Concerning Augustine of Hippo’s Monasticism: The Regularis Informatio (Language: English) Matheus Coutinho Figuinha, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa Index terms: Gender Studies, Monasticism
Abstract	Monastic historiography has been substantially based on a limited number of sources. Many early medieval monastic texts have received limited scholarly attention despite a wide medieval circulation. This session will focus on some of these marginalized texts, presenting their contents and the new perspectives they offer on monks and monasticism.