IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 125: Boundaries (Re-)Defined, Boundaries (Re-)Interpreted, I
Monday 5 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Ian Styler, Department of History, University of Birmingham |
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Moderator/Chair: | Ian Styler, Department of History, University of Birmingham |
Paper 125-a | Stoudios: The Convergence of Paleography, History, and Influence across Monastic Borders (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism |
Paper 125-b | 'Savoir à quel saint se vouer' in the Priory of Jully-les-Nonnains? (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 125-c | For Fear of the Multitudes: Maintaining the Boundaries of Cistercian Sanctity in the 12th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Abstract | This is the first of two sessions exploring monastic and saintly boundaries - whether they be physical or imagined, tangible or perceived. Covering a geographical area that stretches from the eastern Mediterranean to the British Isles, this session uses palaeographic, hagiographic, and miracle collection evidence to define and interpret the boundaries of influence of a Byzantine monastery and a 12th-century French nunnery, and the gender and spiritual boundaries of 12th-century German, French, and English Cistercian houses. The common thread linking these papers is that they explore the definition and maintenance of these boundaries, albeit through a diverse range of source material. |