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 |
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Moderator/Chair: | Georgina Fitzgibbon, Department of History, University of Birmingham |
Paper 225-a | Rolling in the Thorns: The Influence of Eastern Mediterranean Hagiographies on Gregory the Great's Views on Monasticism (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism |
Paper 225-b | The Old Monk and the Sea: A Calabrian Hagiographer and His World (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Monasticism |
Paper 225-c | Widening the Network of Care in 12th-Century Norman Italy (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Medicine, Monasticism |
Paper 225-d | An Early Medieval English Saint Abroad: Evidence of the Cult of Æthelthryth of Ely outside of the British Isles (Language: English) 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. |