IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 712: Devoted to the Body: Devotional Practices and Performances in Feminine Spirituality, I - Textual Witnesses
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 14.15-15.45
Organisers: | Godelinde Gertrude Perk, Avdelningen för Humaniora, Mittuniversitets, Sundsvall Lieke Andrea Smits, Centre for the Arts in Society, Universiteit Leiden |
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Moderator/Chair: | Lieke Andrea Smits, Centre for the Arts in Society, Universiteit Leiden |
Paper 712-a | 'Fair Lord, in your honour I have undertaken this battle': The Influence of St Catherine of Alexandria on Female Movement in the Late Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Religious Life, Theology |
Paper 712-b | Corpus Christi, or Corpus Mariae?: The Gendered Body as Devotional Ideal (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Lay Piety |
Paper 712-c | The Carthusian Design of Female Piety in Late Medieval England: Literal Identification with Christ in Carthusian Prayers and Meditations Written for English Women (Language: English) Index terms: Religious Life, Theology |
Abstract | Bodily practices played an important role in medieval devotion, some particularly associated with female believers. This session examines the textual witnesses of gender-inflected devotional performances. It thus nuances the association of feminine spirituality with the body and illuminates medieval women's devotional strategies and lived experience. The three papers focus on texts connected to devotional practices that can be seen as imitation of or identification with the passion of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the life of Catherine of Alexandria. |