IMC 2020: Sessions

Session 1153: Debe de cetero permanere clausura ita: The Question of Enclosure in Medieval Christian Female Spirituality, II

Wednesday 8 July 2020, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	TÀCITA MUTA (Grup d'Estudis de Dones i Gènere a l'Antiguitat), Universitat de Barcelona
Organiser:	Araceli Rosillo-Luque, Arxiu-Biblioteca dels Franciscans de Catalunya / Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona
Moderator/Chair:	Araceli Rosillo-Luque, Arxiu-Biblioteca dels Franciscans de Catalunya / Departament d'Història Medieval, Paleografia i Diplomàtica, Universitat de Barcelona
Paper 1153-a	Gendered Space and Borders among Mendicants in Medieval Iberia (Language: English) Mercedes Pérez Vidal, Departament d'Història i Arqueologia / Institut de Recerca en Cultures Medievals, Universitat de Barcelona Index terms: Gender Studies, Mentalities, Religious Life
Paper 1153-b	Behind the Cloister Wall: Female Enclosure in Venice between the 13th and 14th Centuries (Language: English) Silvia Carraro, Dipartimento di Culture e Civiltà, Università degli Studi di Verona Index terms: Gender Studies, Mentalities, Religious Life
Paper 1153-c	Enclosure and Franciscan Reform: The Case of St Colette of Corbie (Language: English) Anna Campbell, Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading Index terms: Gender Studies, Mentalities, Religious Life
Abstract	Enclosure has been since the origins of monasticism a key point of attention and struggle in both regular and non-regulated female religious communities. This session aims to to built a discussion network on enclosure and enclosure processes lived by monastic, mendicant, and non-regulated female communities in medieval Christianity from an interdisciplinary perpective, offering papers connected to normative regulations, archaeological and architectural evidence, political actions, and symbolic and artistic representations about the topic.