IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1321: Reconsidering the Boundaries of Religious Dissent in the Long 12th Century, II
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Department for the Study of Religions, Masarykova Univerzita, Brno |
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Organisers: | Rachel Ernst, Department of History, Georgia State University Stamatia Noutsou, Department for the Study of Religions, Masarykova univerzita, Brno |
Moderator/Chair: | Justine Trombley, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of Toronto, Downtown |
Paper 1321-a | Heretics, Monks, Jews, and the Antichrist: 12th-Century Entanglements between Anti-Heretical, Anti-Monastic, and Interreligious Polemics (Language: English) Index terms: Monasticism, Religious Life, Rhetoric |
Paper 1321-b | With or without You?: Torn between Contempt for Women and the Urge to Reform (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Monasticism, Sermons and Preaching |
Paper 1321-c | What is the Message in the Christus patiens Passion Play? (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Mentalities, Performance Arts - Drama, Religious Life |
Abstract | The aim of the two sessions is to reconsider heresy with a broader understanding of the concept of religious dissent during the long 12th century. We seek to explore this topic by discussing a selection of the various discourses on religion that emerged during this period. We will demonstrate the growing diversity of religious ideology in Western Europe by discussing how these discourses targeted a variety of audiences and served many different purposes. Thus, the sessions will focus on the tumultuous atmosphere wherein various reforming groups risked their total exclusion from the Church and society by attempting to re-negotiate the boundaries of 'orthodoxy' from within. In addition, given the purpose of their mission and their position within the Church as monks, nuns, or laymen, these authors felt pressured to better flesh out and redefine certain categories from a social or gender-based perspective, while holding on to tradition. |