IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1341: Medieval Monastic Memory in Word and Stone: A New Look at Religious Communities in England and Ireland
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies, Brepols |
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| Organisers: | Janet Burton, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida |
| Moderator/Chairs: | Janet Burton, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida |
| Paper 1341-a | The Churches of the Premonstratensian Canons in Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 1341-b | 'For the solace of his advanced years': The Quondam in Late Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 1341-c | Record-Keeping at Fountains Abbey: Shaping Archival Memory (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The three papers in this session treat different types of medieval sources that grant insights into important aspects of monastic history. Paper one looks at what the material remains of Irish Premonstratensian churches can tells about how the Premonstratensian canons conducted their activities. The second paper explores the sources relating to the problematic figure of the quondam - the retired monastic superior - in late medieval England, considering the challenges that the presence of former superiors raised for monastic communities. And the final paper discusses how the five surviving cartularies of Fountains Abbey simultaneously reveal and conceal the social and economic history of the monastery. |