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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1530: Franciscan Studies, I: Franciscan Identities and Status - Rethinking the Royal Franciscan

Thursday 10 July 2014, 09.00-10.30

Organisers:Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Kirsty Day, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds
Moderator/Chair:Amanda Power, Department of History, University of Sheffield
Paper 1530-aQueens, Nuns, and Friars: Female Artistic Patronage in Royal Clarissan Foundations of 14th-Century Europe
(Language: English)
Michaela Zöschg, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Index terms: Architecture - General, Monasticism, Social History, Women's Studies
Paper 1530-bConstructing Royal Franciscan Identities: The Example of the 13th- and 14th-Century Piasts
(Language: English)
Kirsty Day, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds
Index terms: Monasticism, Social History, Women's Studies
Paper 1530-cLa politique franciscaine des Angevins à la fin du XIIIe siècle
(Language: Français)
Sophie Delmas, Département de Histoire, Université Lumière Lyon II
Index terms: Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life
Abstract

In an era of medieval scholarship where studies on Louis IX proliferate, the ostensibly paradoxical nature of the royal Franciscan still has the ability to instil its modern audience with feelings of anxiety. Yet the royal and Franciscan identities - if indeed they can be spoken about as separate concepts - were not incompatible in the 13th and 14th centuries. Via an exploration of case studies from various geographical regions of Europe, this interdisciplinary session aims to reassess the place of the royal Franciscan within the field of Franciscan studies.