Sarah McNamer's Meditations on the Life of Christ: The Short Italian Text (Notre Dame, 2018) (A Panel Discussion)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure Univ.

Organizer Name

Lezlie Knox

Organizer Affiliation

Marquette Univ.

Presider Name

Lezlie Knox

Paper Title 1

Discussant

Presenter 1 Name

Christopher Kleinhenz

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Paper Title 2

Discussant

Presenter 2 Name

Laura Saetveit Miles

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. i Bergen

Paper Title 3

Discussant

Presenter 3 Name

Steven J. McMichael OFM Conv.

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of St. Thomas, Minnesota

Paper Title 4

Discussant

Presenter 4 Name

Yvonne Seale

Presenter 4 Affiliation

SUNY-Geneseo

Paper Title 5

Discussant

Presenter 5 Name

Dianne M. Phillips

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 6

Respondent

Presenter 6 Name

Sarah M. McNamer

Presenter 6 Affiliation

Georgetown Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 209

Description

The Meditations are one of the most important devotional texts from the later Middle Ages. In this significant (and already MLA award winning) new book, McNamer edits, translates, and presents her argument for its status as the original vernacular text, composed by a Franciscan nun whose contributions were later obscured by the friar who expanded and reorganized the text. This roundtable will bring together scholars working on devotional manuscripts, Italian religious literature, women's spirituality, and Franciscan culture to discuss McNamer’s significant contributions and opportunities for new work. McNamer will comment. For more information about the book, see http://undpress.nd.edu/books/P03340

Lezlie Knox