IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 618: 'Not by bread alone [...]': Lenten Preaching in the 15th and 16th Centuries, II - Mendicant Preaching in Northern Italy
Tuesday 5 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | International Medieval Sermon Studies Society (IMSSS) |
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| Organiser: | Lorenza Tromboni, Dipartimento di Storia, Archeologia, Geografia, Arte e Spettacolo, Università di Firenze |
| Moderator/Chair: | Eleonora Lombardo, Instituto de Filosofia, Universidade do Porto |
| Paper 618-a | The Christian 'Other' in Bernardino Caimi's Lenten Preaching (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching |
| Paper 618-b | Moralising the Faithful during Lent: Contrasting Views Concerning Witches in Franciscan and Dominican Sermons at the End of the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Printing History, Sermons and Preaching, Social History, Theology |
| Abstract | 'One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from God's mouth'. This sentence was the foundation of Lent, a period in which the renunciation of food was accompanied by a richer nourishment of the divine word, mainly provided through preaching. This spiritual food was particularly abundant in Late Middle Ages, when Lenten preaching became a daily practice and numerous Lenten sermon collections were written. This second session focuses on Lenten preaching in northern-Italian cities and courts, where mendicant preachers played a prominent role in moralising the society and in shaping the religious identity of their listeners. |