IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 1225: Cistercians, III: What Were Cistercian Nuns up to?

Sponsor:	Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses, Pontigny
Organiser:	Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny
Moderator/Chair:	David N. Bell, Department of Religious Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Paper 1225-a	Bernard of Clairvaux, Hildegard of Bingen, and 12th-Century Sex Complementarity (Language: English) Anna-Riina Hakala, Department of Church History, University of Helsinki Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life, Theology, Women's Studies
Paper 1225-b	Older Women in Medieval Cistercian Sources (Language: English) Amelia Kennedy, Department of History, Yale University Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life, Women's Studies
Paper 1225-c	The Nun's Cell (A Room with a View): Mirror, Memoir, and Metaphor in Cistercian Convent Art (Language: English) Donna L. Sadler, Department of Art History, Agnes Scott College Index terms: Art History - General, Monasticism, Religious Life, Women's Studies
Abstract	Cistercian nuns are emerging from the quietude in which they have often been hidden. Current studies reveal that, while silent, they have nevertheless been engaged in some surprising activities.