IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2125: Ways of Exploring Medieval Monasteries: From Documents to New Technology
Friday 9 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies |
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Organisers: | Janet Burton, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Karen Stöber, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida |
Moderator/Chair: | Harriett Webster, School of Archaeology, History & Anthropology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David |
Paper 2125-a | Rethinking the Foundation and Re-Siting of Kirkstead Abbey, Lincolnshire (Language: English) Index terms: Local History, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 2125-b | 'He sent bishops and abbots and other men of great authority': The Rulers of Wales and the Cistercians (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Local History, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 2125-c | Merton, Minecraft, and Virtual Education (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Computing in Medieval Studies, Local History, Monasticism |
Abstract | The papers in this session will approach the study of medieval monasteries via different kinds of sources. Paper 1 uses a new transcription of Kirkstead Abbey's cartulary to provide new insights into the processes of relocation of a monastery and examines how the monks attempted to memorialise their early history in their cartulary. The aim of paper 2 is to explore, on the basis of the extant documentation, the relationship between the rulers of Wales and the Cistercians, how each benefitted from the other and how politics could impact on the monasteries. And paper 3 will suggest ways in which Minecraft can be used to get children, rather than adult developers, thinking about the medieval built environment, using the example of the Augustinian priory of Merton. |