Agencies and Nuns' Liturgies
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Volker Schier
Organizer Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Presider Name
Volker Schier
Paper Title 1
“Enjoy Me, Each of You”: Self and Other in Liturgical Observance
Presenter 1 Name
Anna Harrison
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Loyola Marymount Univ.
Paper Title 2
Dominican Nuns’ Devotional Choices in the Convent of Sankt Katharinental
Presenter 2 Name
Meri Heinonen, Marika Räsänen
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Turun Yliopisto, Turun Yliopisto
Paper Title 3
‘‘Wie man sol lernen sterben": Remembering the Dead in a South West German Cistercian Convent in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Presenter 3 Name
Edmund Wareham
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Jesus College, Univ. of Oxford
Start Date
8-5-2014 10:00 AM
Session Location
Bernhard 212
Description
The specific adaptions of monastic liturgies, especially in the Benedictine, Cistercian, and Dominican order, for the use in female monasteries are surprisingly well documented in manuals, expositions of rules, letters, and chant manuscripts, unfortunately this rich array of sources needs to be tapped and specific studies on the use of specific orders and monasteries have to be undertaken. Especially important is the creation of liturgical niches by nuns, that could be filled and expanded without the interference of male confessors and superiors. In some monasteries the cloister fulfilled this function and the processional liturgy was open for expansion, adaption, and even massive rewriting. This session brings together scholars who want to share case studies about nuns' agencies. It is hoped that these studies help to foster a better understanding of the nuns creativity, but also help to document the large diversity that existed in various orders and monasteries.
Volker Schier
Agencies and Nuns' Liturgies
Bernhard 212
The specific adaptions of monastic liturgies, especially in the Benedictine, Cistercian, and Dominican order, for the use in female monasteries are surprisingly well documented in manuals, expositions of rules, letters, and chant manuscripts, unfortunately this rich array of sources needs to be tapped and specific studies on the use of specific orders and monasteries have to be undertaken. Especially important is the creation of liturgical niches by nuns, that could be filled and expanded without the interference of male confessors and superiors. In some monasteries the cloister fulfilled this function and the processional liturgy was open for expansion, adaption, and even massive rewriting. This session brings together scholars who want to share case studies about nuns' agencies. It is hoped that these studies help to foster a better understanding of the nuns creativity, but also help to document the large diversity that existed in various orders and monasteries.
Volker Schier