IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1239: Basilica-monasterium: A Comparative Study of the First Holy Sites of Western Christianity, c. 400-c. 900, I
Wednesday 5 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité (ArScAn - UMR 7041), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) / Université Paris 8, Vincennes-Saint-Denis / Département d'histoire, Université de Montréal |
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| Organisers: | Gordon Blennemann, Département d’histoire, Université de Montréal Anne-Marie Helvétius, [email protected] |
| Moderator/Chair: | Francesco Veronese, Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo, Roma |
| Paper 1239-a | Saint-Denis of Paris as a Model for the Basilicae-monasteria of the Frankish World (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Monasticism |
| Abstract | Historiography of ancient monastic trends has been deeply renewed during the recent years thanks to several conferences which put forward comparative and interdisciplinary approaches, some of them being specifically dedicated to female forms of religious life. Henceforth, scholars dissuade us to read the history of monasticism trough 'Benedictine glasses'. They invite us to take into account every type of sources - written, archaeological, iconographic, epigraphic. The interpretation of the written sources - monastic rules, but also hagiographical and diplomatic sources - has been nowadays deeply renewed. These recent works agree to give to early 'monasticism' a wider definition, taking into account the extreme diversity of the community forms of religious life attested in the West during this period. |