IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 123: Mendicant Networks with Lay Communities

Monday 7 July 2014, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Centre for Dominican Studies of Dacia
Organiser:	Johnny Grandjean Jakobsen, Nordisk Forskningsinstitut, Københavns Universitet
Moderator/Chair:	Anne Holloway, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, Victoria
Paper 123-a	The Dominicans of Sigtuna and Their Interrelations with the Upplandian Aristocracy in the Late 13th and Early 14th Centuries (Language: English) Christian Oertel, Historisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 123-b	Do ut des: Dominicans and Urban Networks in Late Medieval Tallinn (Language: English) Anu Mänd, Institute of History, University of Tallinn Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 123-c	A Job for Life?: Working for the Inquisition in Bologna and Florence in the Early 14th Century (Language: English) Jill Moore, Department of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London Index terms: Administration, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life, Social History
Abstract	Every medieval monastic house formed a community of its own. But often these convents also engaged in more or less formalized relations with communities outside the monastery walls. Not least the mendicant orders formed several such networks with lay groups in society, for numerous purposes and in numerous forms. This session will look at Dominican and Franciscan networks with different types of lay communities around medieval Europe, both formal and informal, to explore the background, benefits and consequences of such engagements for both sides.