IMC 2013: Sessions

Session 626: Mortification as Social Performance in 11th- to 13th-Century Monasticism

Sponsor:	Conventus: Problems of Religious Communal Life in the High Middle Ages
Organiser:	Steven Vanderputten, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent
Moderator/Chair:	Diane J. Reilly, Hope School of Fine Art, Indiana University, Bloomington
Paper 626-a	Vanquishers of the Body: Socio-Religious Status, Masculinity, and Mortification in Hagiographic Texts from the Southern Low Countries, Late 11th - Early 13th Century (Language: English) Stefan Meysman, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 626-b	Literate Practice and the Afflicted Body in Monastic Culture (Language: English) Jay Diehl, Department of History, Long Island University, New York Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 626-c	Abbatial Mortification in the Context of Reform: The Construction of Abbatial Leadership in 11th-Century Lotharingia (Language: English) Helena Vanommeslaeghe, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life
Abstract	This session wants to provide inroads into the study of ascetic behavior in 11th- to early 13th-century monasticism by looking at mortificatory practices as instances of social behavior, broadcasting, shaping and implementing ideas and beliefs regarding communal identity, exemplary behavior in a collective setting, and so on.