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 |
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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-a | Readings of Augustine in 9th-Century Discussions on the Soul (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin |
Paper 607-b | Varieties of 'Patristic Authority' at Carolingian Church Councils (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin |
Paper 607-c | Manuscript Fulda, Hessische Landesbibliothek, Aa 9: The Break-Up of the Formal Limits of Augustine's De ciuitate Dei in the Carolingian Period (Language: English) 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. |