IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1609: The Premonstratensians and Scripture
Thursday 5 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Society for the Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages |
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Organiser: | William P. Hyland, School of Divinity, University of St Andrews |
Moderator/Chair: | William P. Hyland, School of Divinity, University of St Andrews |
Paper 1609-a | 12th-Century Premonstratensian lectio divina: Perspectives on Study, Sacred Reading, and Contemplation (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Monasticism, Religious Life, Theology |
Paper 1609-b | The Stained Glass Biblia Pauperum Windows of Steinfeld Abbey: Canonical Spirituality, Salvation History, and the Theological Imagination (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 1609-c | Lazarus and the White Canons (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Monasticism, Religious Life, Theology |
Abstract | The Premonstratensians, also known as 'White Canons' for the colour of their religious habits, were one of the largest and most prominent of the new orders of canons regular in the 12th century. This session explores the centrality to their interpretation and implementation of the vita apostolica of scriptural prayer, study, and exegesis. By looking at some of the most prominent of early Premonstratensian writers, the session seeks to discern and articulate what the white canons shared with their contemporaries, e.g. the canons of St Victor, and what made them distinct. |