IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 153: Demons, Saints, and Nuns: New Work on Medieval Monasticism in England and Wales

Monday 1 July 2019, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies, Brepols
Organisers:	Janet Burton, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida
Moderator/Chair:	Janet Burton, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Paper 153-a	Encounters with Demons in the Carthusian Wilderness (Language: English) Kaan Vural Gorman, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 153-b	Material Girl: Defining Female Monasticism in Medieval Wales (Language: English) Amy Reynolds, School of History & Archaeology, University of Bangor Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 153-c	Writing Hagiography in the Welsh March: The Life of St Dyfrig and Gloucester Abbey (Language: English) Jennie England, Department of History, University of York Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Abstract	The three papers in this session represent new research on aspects of medieval monasticism by young scholars. Paper -a shall examine how accounts of Carthusian monks encountering demons in the wilderness of their charterhouses can reveal the different ways the monks understood their own purpose and identity; the second paper is an exploration of the extent of female monasticism in medieval Wales and the expectations of female monastics compared to their male counterparts; and the third paper will examine the 12th-century Life of St Dyfrig in the context of Gloucester Abbey, shedding light on what this text can reveal about the community's identity and ambitions.