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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 225: Boundaries (Re-)Defined, Boundaries (Re-)Interpreted, II

Monday 5 July 2021, 14.15-15.45

Organiser:Ian Styler, Department of History, University of Birmingham
Moderator/Chair:Georgina Fitzgibbon, Department of History, University of Birmingham
Paper 225-aRolling in the Thorns: The Influence of Eastern Mediterranean Hagiographies on Gregory the Great's Views on Monasticism
(Language: English)
Nikolas Hoel, Department of History, Northeastern Illinois University
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism
Paper 225-bThe Old Monk and the Sea: A Calabrian Hagiographer and His World
(Language: English)
Adele Curness, Faculty of History University of Oxford
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism
Paper 225-cWidening the Network of Care in 12th-Century Norman Italy
(Language: English)
Amy Devenney, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Medicine, Monasticism
Paper 225-dAn Early Medieval English Saint Abroad: Evidence of the Cult of Æthelthryth of Ely outside of the British Isles
(Language: English)
Ian Styler, Department of History, University of Birmingham
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism
Abstract

This is the second of two sessions exploring monastic and saintly boundaries - whether they be physical or imagined, tangible or perceived. Covering a geographical area stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to the British Isles, this session uses hagiographic, calendrical, and miracle collection evidence to understand the wider influences on the writings of Gregory the Great, what a text reveals about the identity and imagined landscapes of its author, the wider aspects of 12th-century care for the sick, and the international influence of an English saint. Common amongst the papers is their demonstration of how previously-defined boundaries were breached or widened.