ISBN:
9789047424567
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2009
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
274/.03
Keywords:
Johnson, Penelope D
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Monastic and religious life History Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Religion and sociology History To 1500
;
Europe Religious life and customs
Abstract:
Preliminary Materials /S. Wells and K.A. Smith -- Introduction Penelope D. Johnson, The Boswell Thesis, And Negotiating Community And Difference In Medieval Europe /Katherine Allen Smith and Scott Wells -- Chapter One. Living With A Saint: Monastic Identity, Community, And The Ideal Of Asceticism In The Life Of An Irish Saint /Diane Peters Auslander -- Chapter Two. A Tale Of Two Dioceses: Prologues As Letters In The Vitae Authored By Jacques De Vitry And Thomas De Cantimpré /Christina Roukis-Stern -- Chapter Three. “Within The Walls Of Paradise”: Space And Community In The Vita Of Umiliana De’ Cerchi (1219–1246) /Anne M. Schuchman -- Chapter Four. Architectural Mimesis And Historical Memory At The Abbey Of Mont-Saint-Michel /Katherine Allen Smith -- Chapter Five. Holy Women And The Needle Arts: Piety, Devotion, And Stitching The Sacred, Ca. 500–1150 /Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg -- Chapter Six. The Politics Of Gender And Ethnicity In East Francia: The Case Of Gandersheim , Ca. 850–950 /Scott Wells -- Chapter Seven. Noble Women’s Power As Reflected In The Foundations Of Cistercian Houses For Nuns In Thirteenth-Century Northern France: Port-Royal, Les Clairets , Moncey , Lieu, And Eau-Lez-Chartres /Constance HoffmanBerman -- Chapter Eight. “Inseparable Companions”: Mary Magdalene, Abelard , And Heloise /Susan Valentine -- Chapter Nine. Book, Body, And The Construction Of The Self In The Taymouth Hours /Kathryn A. Smith -- Chapter Ten. Abbot Erluin’s Blindness : The Monastic Implications Of Violent Loss Of Sight /Susan Wade -- Chapter Eleven. Blanche Of Artois And Burgundy, Château-Gaillard, And The Baron De Joursanvault /Elizabeth A.R. Brown -- Chapter Twelve. The Matter Of Others: Menstrual Blood And Uncontrolled Semen In Thirteenth-Century Kabbalists’ Polemic Against Christians, “Bad” Jews , And Muslims /Alexandra Cuffel -- General Index /S. Wells and K.A. Smith -- Index Of Manuscripts /S. Wells and K.A. Smith.
Abstract:
This collection builds on the foundational work of Penelope D. Johnson, John Boswell's most influential student outside queer studies, on integration and segregation in medieval Christianity. It documents the multiple strategies by which medieval people constructed identities and, in the process, wove the boundaries of inclusion and exclusion among various individuals and groups. The collection adopts an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing historical, art historical, and literary perpsectives to explore the definition of personal and communal spaces within medieval texts, the complex negotiation of the relationship between devotee and saint in both the early and the later Middle Ages, the forming of partnerships (symbolic, economic, devotional, et cetera) between men and women across medieval Europe's considerable gender divide, and the ostracism of individuals and groups through various means including imprisonment, violence, and their identification with pollution. Contributors include: Diane Peters Auslander, Constance Hoffman Berman, Elizabeth A.R. Brown, Alexandra Cuffel, Anne M. Schuchman, Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg, Katherine Allen Smith, Kathryn A. Smith, Christina Roukis-Stern, Susan Valentine, Susan Wade, and Scott Wells
Note:
"Most of the papers ... had their inception in a series of three panels convened in Pene's honor at the 41st International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan, in May of 2006."--Pref
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"The essays in this collection are offered to Penelope D. Johnson ... on the occasion of her retirement"--Pref
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004171251.i-300
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