IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 102: Channelling the Sublunary Experience: Change in Medieval Thought and Fiction, I
Monday 4 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Geert van Iersel, Fontys Hogescholen, Tilburg |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Geert van Iersel, Fontys Hogescholen, Tilburg |
| Paper 102-a | 'Let me have the first drink': Judas, the Wine, and the Evil in the Prague Ludus de cena domini (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Lay Piety, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Paper 102-b | Transformations of the Human Mind: How to Become Bestial or Divine (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Mentalities |
| Paper 102-c | To Be Anointed a Fool: The Case of a 1561 Brabantine Play (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Dutch, Mentalities, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Abstract | Living in a world whose constants include the inevitability of change, mankind cannot but help to conceptualise, explore, and question the phenomena of transition and transformation. This strand sets out to contribute to our understanding of medieval perspectives on these phenomena, exploring products of thought and creativity in which instances of change take centre stage. In this first session, we encounter illustrations of how Christianity could inspire and guide the contemplation and representation of change. Together, the two sessions take us on a journey from the secular to the devout, and some of the lands that lie between. |