IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 206: Pastors of All Kinds: Adapting Pastoral Care for Local Needs across England, France, and Germany
Monday 2 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Organisers: | Philippa Byrne, St John's College, University of Oxford Rebecca Springer, Oriel College, University of Oxford |
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Moderator/Chair: | Philippa Byrne, St John's College, University of Oxford |
Paper 206-a | Communicating Pastoral Care: What Priests Explained to Their Parishioners in 13th-Century England and France (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Liturgy, Religious Life |
Paper 206-b | Teaching Pastoral Care in Southern Germany in the 13th Century: Evidence from Abbreviations of Raymond of Penafort’s Summa de Casibus (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
Paper 206-c | 'Preachers, doctors, and any of the elect': Religious Ministry by Lay People in 12th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
Abstract | This session examines how techniques of pastoral care were adapted to fit the needs of communities across England, France, and Germany in the 12th and 13th centuries. The papers set out new ways in which historians might conceptualise and engage with the evidence for pastoral care. The first examines how local legislation was published, deployed, and tied into the religious life of the laity, and provides a comparison between the approaches of English and French bishops. The second analyses adaptations by simple friars of Raymond de Penafort's Summa for use in southern German communities: how texts were used, abridged, and fitted for practice. The third addresses how members of the laity in England might minister to family members and friends, often with priestly approval. |