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IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 607: Patristic Authority in the Early Middle Ages, II: From Manipulation to Interpretation, c. 800-900

Tuesday 5 July 2022, 11.15-12.45

Organiser:Shari Boodts, Latijnse Literatuurstudie, KU Leuven
Moderator/Chairs:Shari Boodts, Latijnse Literatuurstudie, KU Leuven
Riccardo Macchioro, Fondazione Ezio Franceschini (FEF) - Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino (SISMEL), Firenze
Paper 607-aReadings of Augustine in 9th-Century Discussions on the Soul
(Language: English)
Jesse Miika Johannes Keskiaho, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture & Art Studies, University of Helsinki
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin
Paper 607-bVarieties of 'Patristic Authority' at Carolingian Church Councils
(Language: English)
Josh Timmermann, Department of History University of British Columbia
Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin
Paper 607-cManuscript Fulda, Hessische Landesbibliothek, Aa 9: The Break-Up of the Formal Limits of Augustine's De ciuitate Dei in the Carolingian Period
(Language: English)
Julia Aguilar Miquel, Filologia Clàssica, Universitat de València / Literatuurwetenschap, KU Leuven
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract

This session is the second of a diptych that analyses the medieval reception of patristic authority. The sessions combine a focus on the material aspects of textual transmission with attention to intellectual processes of reception. This approach emphasises the fluidity of traditional boundaries - between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, between history and philology, between authenticity and inauthenticity, between readers and authors. By highlighting processes of misattribution, manipulation, and reinterpretation, the papers demonstrate the dynamic and diverse nature of the medieval reception of the patristic heritage and challenge several still deeply ingrained notions surrounding the presence and impact of the Church Fathers in the medieval tradition.