IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 539: Mendicants and the Urban Mediterranean, I
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Jon Paul Heyne, Department of History, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Jon Paul Heyne, Department of History, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC |
| Paper 539-a | Prayer, Sex, and Politics in an Adriatic City-State: The Dominicans in Venice, c. 1380-c. 1440 (Language: English) Index terms: Religious Life, Social History |
| Paper 539-b | Between the Convent and the People: Miraculous Objects, Shared Devotions, and the Reform of Female Mendicancy in Late Medieval Portugal (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism |
| Abstract | This session explores the relationship of mendicants to cities and their inhabitants in various regions of the Mediterranean in the late medieval period. It expands our understanding of how mendicant communities adapted to different urban environments, demonstrating that they can be defined by more than their traditionally recognised roles as beggars, preachers, and teachers. The papers consider: the ways Dominican friars related to aristocratic power in Venice, the work of Franciscans as pilgrim guides in Mamluk Jerusalem, and the efforts of Dominican nuns to win support from local lay communities in Portugal. |