IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 117: Reforming Faith and Charity: Civil and Religious Movements in the Later Middle Ages
Monday 6 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Erzbistum Paderborn |
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| Organiser: | Arnold Otto, Erzbischöfliches Generalvikariat Erzbistumsarchiv, Paderborn |
| Moderator/Chair: | Marie van Eeckenrode, Faculté de Philosophie, Arts et Lettres, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve |
| Paper 117-a | Shooting, Charity, and Prayer: The Double Foundation of Shooting Guilds (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Social History |
| Paper 117-b | How to Die as a Stranger: The Social Function of Burial Fraternities (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Social History |
| Paper 117-c | Reforming with Cassiodorus: A 15th-Century Manuscript and the Bursfelde Congregation (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Social History |
| Abstract | During the 14th and 15th century reforms were widespread phenomena with civil actors reaching into the religious sphere and ecclesiastical reform movements having a deep impact onto civil society. Many foundations in the cities sought contact to one or another religious institution and new forms of religious life developed, including a closer contact between the members of communities and their families outside. Some strong and persistant initiatives in this field emerged in central Germany. Examples presented in this session will therefore focus on the land between the Rhine and Weser rivers but also recurr to their European network. |