IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 646: Traces of Memory in the Western Mediterranean, II: Monastic Memory
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals / Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) / Grup de Recerca en Estudis Medievals d'Art, Història, Paleografia i Arqueologia (MAHPA), Universitat de Barcelona |
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| Organisers: | Núria Jornet-Benito, Departament de Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Comunicació Audiovisual / Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals, Universitat de Barcelona Maria Soler-Sala, Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Moderator/Chair: | Xavier Costa-Badia, Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Paper 646-a | Archival Memory in the Medieval Monasteries: The Case of St Antoni i Sta Clara of Barcelona (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 646-b | Spaces, Chronicles, and Modern Narratives: The Constructed Memory of Iberian Poor Clares (Language: English) Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The monastery - both its inner spaces and its links to the outside world - is a place of memory. Using both a spatial and gender approach, this session aims to explore the different facets (or aspects) of this 'place of memory'. We will analyse the role played by archival records, their storage and preservation, and that of the persons in charge in creating and preserving the memory of a monastic community. The key role of monastic chronicles and historiography in memory building will also be examined. Finally, the talks will address the fundamental part played by liturgical performances and devotional practices, as memory vehicles and in the building of monastic idiosyncrasy. |