IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 706: Reform at a Crossroad: Church and Society in the 12th Century
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of Liverpool |
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| Organiser: | Damien Kempf, School of Histories, Languages & Cultures, University of Liverpool |
| Moderator/Chair: | Brigitte Resl, School of Histories, Languages & Cultures, University of Liverpool |
| Paper 706-a | Anselm of Havelberg's Concept of Reform (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Theology |
| Paper 706-b | Hildegard of Bingen's Configurations of Power (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Theology |
| Paper 706-c | Papacy and Reform: Eugenius III and the Second Crusade (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The Reform of the Church in the 11th and 12th centuries has received considerable scholarly attention in recent years, which analysed the monastic and ecclesiastical contributions to what amounted to a redefinition of the medieval Church. However, the relationship between Church Reform and society has not been fully addressed yet: reformers were not only preoccupied with the state of the Church, but they were also trying to redefine and 'negotiate' the boundaries between the ecclesiastical and secular world. These three papers propose to rethink the implications of the Church Reform in terms of contemporary societal changes. |