IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 1629: New Communities of Interpretation: Religion in Europe, c. 1300-1550, V - Sacred or Secular?: Re-Evaluating the Boundaries between the Religious and the Secular in Late Medieval Civic Society, (ii)
Thursday 10 July 2014, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen / COST Action IS 1301 'New Communities of Interpretation: Contexts, Strategies & Processes of Religious Transformation in Late Medieval & Early Modern Europe' |
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| Organiser: | Suzan Folkerts, Afdeling Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Sabrina Corbellini, Oudere Nederlandse Letterkunde Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26 9712 EK GRONINGEN |
| Paper 1629-a | Between Convent and World: Spiritual Songs as Transitional Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Lay Piety, Performance Arts - General, Religious Life |
| Paper 1629-b | The Sensory Experience of a Parish Church Visit (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Lay Piety, Performance Arts - General, Religious Life |
| Paper 1629-c | Bibles on the Market: The Cultural Transfer of Middle Dutch Bibles from Monasteries to Printers' Shops (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Printing History, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session will reconsider conventional views on urban religious culture in the late medieval Low Countries by showing the interaction between religious people and laity. This is done by combining the study of religious expressions, such as literary texts, performances (e.g. sermons, processions, the presentation of plays), and visual works of art, with a socio-cultural approach on urban communities, networks, and spaces. This approach transgresses the boundaries between religious communities, movements, and their elites, on the one hand, and secular communities and institutions, on the other. By looking at networks of both religious and lay people, their spaces and places, and their religious manifestations, this session will contribute to a better understanding of urban religiosity and religious identities in late medieval urban society. |