IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 801: Eadmer of Canterbury, II: Eadmer beyond Anselm - The Vita Anselmi and the Immaculate Conception
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 16.30-18.00
Organisers: | Charlie Rozier, Durham University Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston, Texas |
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Moderator/Chairs: | Paul Hayward, Department of History, Lancaster University Charlie Rozier, Durham University Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies |
Respondents: | Charlie Rozier, Durham University Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies Sally N. Vaughn, Department of History, University of Houston, Texas |
Paper 801-a | A Giant Standing on a Dwarf's Shoulders: The Copenhagen Manuscript of Eadmer's Vita Anselmi (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism |
Paper 801-b | 'A higher consideration': Eadmer beyond Anselm on the Immaculate Conception (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Theology |
Abstract | An analysis of the 13th century probably Cistercian manuscript in its context, with particular attention to the Historiated Initials of St Anselm and Eadmer. The theological importance of Eadmer's Tractatus de Conceptione, extending Anselm's views to present the conception of the Virgin as a theology of popular devotion. Response to and discussion of all five papers in the two Eadmer sessions. |