IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 637: Cistercians, V: Imagery and Conceptualisation in Cistercian Thought
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses |
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Organiser: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Moderator/Chair: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Paper 637-a | Commenting Heaven: The Pontigny Commentary on the Rule of Benedict (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Monasticism, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
Paper 637-b | Reading the 'Book of Conscience': Cistercian Concepts of Self-Awareness and Self-Examination in the High Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Monasticism, Philosophy, Religious Life |
Paper 637-c | Double Leprosy and Its Cure: Spiritual Sickness and Its Remedy in St Bernard of Clairvaux (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
Abstract | Evolving 13th-century thought in the Cistercian milieu will be examined via new concepts of consciousness, the use of symbolism in a lengthy commentary on sermons, and images of the healing power of Mary's milk as shown in the lactatio Sancti Bernardi. |