IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 613: New Approaches to Venantius Fortunatus, II
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Hope Williard, University of Leeds / School of History & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
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Moderator/Chair: | Joseph Pucci, Department of Classics, Brown University |
Respondent: | Judith W. George, Open University in Scotland, Edinburgh |
Paper 613-a | Pudore mota muliebri: Women and Pastoral Care in Venantius Fortunatus's Prose Hagiography (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Lay Piety, Women's Studies |
Paper 613-b | Episcopal Building Projects in Early Medieval Gaul (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin |
Paper 613-c | Continuity and Discontinuity of Space in Venantius Fortunatus (Language: Français) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin |
Abstract | This is one of two sessions devoted to the Merovingian poet, hagiographer, and bishop Venantius Fortunatus. As a poet in 6th-century Gaul, Fortunatus operated in a variety of physical and cultural spaces. Kent Navalesi addresses the interpretation of miracles, considering how Fortunatus’ description of miracles involving laywomen speaks to questions about female participation in contemporary religious experiences. Hope Williard's paper discusses Fortunatus' wrote poems in honour of the churches built and rebuilt by Merovingian bishops and how this reflects contemporary ideas about wealth. Sylvie Labarre's paper discusses how culture and faith unified the spheres of action of Fortunatus' own career and the careers of his ecclesiastical colleagues. |