IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 331: Spiritual Landscapes: Mapping Female Spirituality in the Middle Ages, II
Monday 3 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals, Universitat de Barcelona |
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| Organiser: | Núria Jornet-Benito, Departament de Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Comunicació Audiovisual / Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Moderator/Chair: | Delfi-Isabel Nieto-Isabel, Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Paper 331-a | The Inner Monastery: Weaving Space and Memory in Catalan Nunneries (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 331-b | Networks of Dissidence and Reform: Queens and the Reform of the Poor Clares in Castile, 14th and 15th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Monasticism |
| Paper 331-c | Spiritual Landscapes in Late Medieval Florence: Letters and Networks (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Monasticism |
| Abstract | Medieval spirituality is a multifaceted reality composed of a wealth of expressions that keep posing new questions for researchers. The main goal of this strand of two sessions is to explore the transformation and development of female spirituality in different areas of southern Europe during the Late Middle Ages. On the basis of an innovative holistic approach, and working from a comparative gender perspective, we will present analysis models that demonstrate, on the one hand, the territorial, urban, and social impact of institutional spaces of female religiosity and, on the other, the role of women in monastic networks and communities, and in spiritual networks of reform and dissent. These models will in turn be used to visualize and assess the role played by women in the construction of the global monastic landscape at the dawn of the new communities of interpretation that would later shape European identity. |