IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 824: Ascetic Conversion and Ascetic Networks in Late Antiquity
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Medieval & Ancient Research Centre (MARCUS), University of Sheffield |
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| Organiser: | Julia Hillner, Department of History, University of Sheffield |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jamie Wood, School of History & Heritage, University of Lincoln |
| Paper 824-a | Brothers in Prayers: The Monastic Network of Lerins, 410-450 (Language: English) Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 824-b | 'Like a safe tower on a steady rock': Wives and Mothers in the Ascetic Networks of Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Monasticism, Social History, Women's Studies |
| Paper 824-c | Forced Ascetic Conversion and Ascetic Networks in Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Monasticism, Social History |
| Abstract | This session employs social network analysis to investigate the most innovative renewal of Christian lifestyle in late antiquity: conversion to asceticism. How did social networks of ascetics contribute to the spread of the concept? In what ways were late antique ascetic communities shaped by their members' social networks, also beyond ascetic circles? And in turn, how did individual ascetics' networks shape relationships with the 'outside' world and the social significance of ascetic communities? Paper -a looks at the role social networks of individuals played in the construction and wider impact of one of the most influential ascetic communities in the late antique West, the monastery at Lerins; Paper -b investigates how their social and intellectual networks influenced the experiences and opportunities of late antique female ascetics; Paper -c explores the role ascetic networks played in the collaboration between late antique state authorities and ascetic communities to ensure religious conformity. |