IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1653: Phenomenology of a Mendicant Order, II: Franciscan Ideals and the Challenges of the Late Medieval Society
Thursday 4 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Organiser: | Andrea Mancini, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Moderator/Chair: | Andrea Mancini, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 1653-a | Women and Mystical Experience in a European Perspective: The Case of Hadewijch van Antwerpen and Angela da Foligno (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Dutch, Language and Literature - Italian, Women's Studies |
Paper 1653-b | The Franciscan Observance and the Question of the Integrity of the Bosnian Vicariate (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism |
Abstract | The aim of these sessions is to promote the dialogue within Franciscan studies in different disciplines, involving research on chronicles, religious treaties, collections of sermons, archival research, and art history. In the landscape of Mendicant Orders in the late Middle Ages (13th-14th century), the Order of Friars Minor engaged in a strong pastoral care activity by displaying their ideal of evangelical life, in poverty and humility, to provide responses to a Christian society continuously challenged by social tensions, wars, and political fights. In setting their mission in the world, the Friars Minor operated their evangelisation in an enormous variety of different geographical, political, cultural and social contexts. |