Beguines and the Transformations of Urban Piety on the Eastern Periphery of Late Medieval Christendom
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Lollard Society
Organizer Name
Michael Van Dussen
Organizer Affiliation
McGill Univ.
Presider Name
Julia Verkholantsev
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Paper Title 1
Henry Harrer's Tractatus contra beghardos: The Polish and Czech Dominican Response to Early Fourteenth-Century Heresies
Presenter 1 Name
Tomasz Gałuszka
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Paper Title 2
The Bohemian Beguines Lost in Oblivion
Presenter 2 Name
Pavlína Cermanová
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Centrum medievistických studií
Paper Title 3
The Inquisitor at Work: John of Schwenkenfeld, O.P., and His Inquiry into the Beguines in Świdnica
Presenter 3 Name
Paweł Kras
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Katolicki Univ. Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Start Date
14-5-2017 8:30 AM
Session Location
Bernhard 205
Description
Scholarship on late-medieval reform and religious controversy has increasingly moved away from insular or regional approaches, taking in broader European contexts and cross-currents. Scholars of the Wycliffite movement have been instrumental in this shift, with particular attention to Wycliffite engagement with the Bohemian Hussites. Other studies, for example, have shown how the Beguines, New Devout, and similar communities participated in a widespread phenomenon of lay religious fervor in Europe, though the emphasis in international scholarship remains on communities in the western regions of Europe. In the spirit of this increased emphasis on the internationalism of reform, this session invites panelists who work on Central/East European religious controversy outside of (but significant for) the Hussite and Wycliffite movements to present new work. In the interest of promoting international partnership and the exchange of ideas, particular emphasis will be placed on newly rediscovered or edited source texts on the Beguine communities in Poland and Bohemia (e.g., the Dominican tract Contra Beghardos, produced in the 1320s in Krakow, among others), together with the work of Central/East European scholars.
Michael Van Dussen
Beguines and the Transformations of Urban Piety on the Eastern Periphery of Late Medieval Christendom
Bernhard 205
Scholarship on late-medieval reform and religious controversy has increasingly moved away from insular or regional approaches, taking in broader European contexts and cross-currents. Scholars of the Wycliffite movement have been instrumental in this shift, with particular attention to Wycliffite engagement with the Bohemian Hussites. Other studies, for example, have shown how the Beguines, New Devout, and similar communities participated in a widespread phenomenon of lay religious fervor in Europe, though the emphasis in international scholarship remains on communities in the western regions of Europe. In the spirit of this increased emphasis on the internationalism of reform, this session invites panelists who work on Central/East European religious controversy outside of (but significant for) the Hussite and Wycliffite movements to present new work. In the interest of promoting international partnership and the exchange of ideas, particular emphasis will be placed on newly rediscovered or edited source texts on the Beguine communities in Poland and Bohemia (e.g., the Dominican tract Contra Beghardos, produced in the 1320s in Krakow, among others), together with the work of Central/East European scholars.
Michael Van Dussen