IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 333: New Directions in the Study of Women Religious, II: Organising Female Religious in the 10th to the 12th Centuries
Monday 4 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies (JMMS) / History of Women Religious of Britain & Ireland (HWRBI) / Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Gent / Religion & Society in the Early & Central Middle Ages (ReSoMa), Universiteit Gent |
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| Organisers: | Kimm Curran, History Lab+, Institute of Historical Research, University of London Kirsty Day, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds Steven Vanderputten, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent |
| Moderator/Chair: | Steven Vanderputten, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent |
| Paper 333-a | Female Order?: Forms of Female Networking and Their Strategies in the 12th Century between France and Southern Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 333-b | Bishops and Nuns in 10th-Century Lotharingia: The Examples of Metz, Toul, and Verdun (Language: English) Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life, Women's Studies |
| Paper 333-c | Prostitutes and Religious Life: Some Observations on Vitalis of Savigny, Henry of Lausanne, and Ivo of Chartres (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History, Sexuality |
| Abstract | The formal organisation of female religious communities is a topic that is often examined within the context of the religious orders, but little scholarly discussion on this topic has taken place outside of this field. This session explores the issue of organisation within communities of female religious that were formed before the advent of the religious orders. The first paper explores the organisation of twelfth-century female religious through the forging of networks between communities. The second discusses the conditions of foundation in abbeys located within the dioceses of Metz, Verdun, and Toul, and how issues such as urban reorganisation affected the conditions of foundation. The third focuses on the organisation of aspects of the hermit preachers’ apostolate around the spiritual rehabilitation of prostitutes, whom were often encouraged to marry as a way of rejecting their identities as fallen women, in the context of canonistic debates over the marriage bond. |