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IMC 2020: Sessions

Session 138: Cistercians Crossing Borders

Monday 6 July 2020, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses
Organiser:Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Moderator/Chair:Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Paper 138-aPortugese Cistercians Crossing Borders, I: Travelling and Visitation within Male Monasteries
(Language: English)
Catarina Fernandes Barreira, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 138-bPortugese Cistercians Crossing Borders, II: Travelling and Visitation within Nunneries
(Language: English)
Luís Miguel Rêpas, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 138-cOlder Cistercian Abbots, the 'Dying Role,' and Relocation in Later Life
(Language: English)
Amelia Kennedy, Department of History, Yale University
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life
Abstract

Borders encountered by Cistercians while travelling in various situations and capacities is the thread running through this session, whether the threshold is crossed by abbots inspecting male - and also female - monasteries, of manuscripts circulating throughout Europe, or abbots moving through the various stages of life to the ultimate transitus from life to death.