Communal Contexts for Monastic Thought
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Centre for Catholic Studies, Durham Univ.
Organizer Name
Jay Diehl, Lauren Mancia
Organizer Affiliation
Long Island Univ.-C. W. Post Campus, Yale Univ.
Presider Name
Jay Diehl
Paper Title 1
Concerning Concordance: Anselm of Canterbury's Last Communities
Presenter 1 Name
Giles E. M. Gasper
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Durham Univ.
Paper Title 2
John at Fécamp
Presenter 2 Name
Lauren Mancia
Paper Title 3
Cluniac Writers and Literary Reputation during the Abbacy of Peter the Venerable
Presenter 3 Name
Marc Saurette
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Carleton Univ.
Paper Title 4
Respondent
Presenter 4 Name
Alex J. Novikoff
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Rhodes College
Start Date
9-5-2013 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 1360
Description
Monastic texts from the Central Middle Ages and the body of though they constitute have been examined through many lenses by scholars: as individual instances of an emergent and eventually coherent monastic theology; in the light of their sources and as part of broader trajectories in devotional thought; and as key features of a larger revival of learning intellectual culture. However, one of the most immediate and vital contexts for understanding these sources remains underappreciated: that of the monastic scholars' own communities. While monastic writers often situated their works in longstanding and accepted genres of exegetical, homiletic, and liturgical writings, their writings were nonetheless crafted in response to immediate concerns of the spiritual or intellectual culture of the cloister they inhabited. This sessions will examine the various ways in which the writings of important monastic scholars of the central Middle Ages were shaped by and intended for the communities in which they were produced. Papers will explore the ways in which the liturgical, educational, political, and social concerns particular to specific monastic centers affected aspects of monastic texts that have often been attributed to broader trends in monastic culture and spirituality.
Jay Diehl
Communal Contexts for Monastic Thought
Schneider 1360
Monastic texts from the Central Middle Ages and the body of though they constitute have been examined through many lenses by scholars: as individual instances of an emergent and eventually coherent monastic theology; in the light of their sources and as part of broader trajectories in devotional thought; and as key features of a larger revival of learning intellectual culture. However, one of the most immediate and vital contexts for understanding these sources remains underappreciated: that of the monastic scholars' own communities. While monastic writers often situated their works in longstanding and accepted genres of exegetical, homiletic, and liturgical writings, their writings were nonetheless crafted in response to immediate concerns of the spiritual or intellectual culture of the cloister they inhabited. This sessions will examine the various ways in which the writings of important monastic scholars of the central Middle Ages were shaped by and intended for the communities in which they were produced. Papers will explore the ways in which the liturgical, educational, political, and social concerns particular to specific monastic centers affected aspects of monastic texts that have often been attributed to broader trends in monastic culture and spirituality.
Jay Diehl