Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	225
Title	Crossing Boundaries in Late Antique Monasticism
Date/Time	Monday 4 July 2022: 14.15-15.45
Sponsor	Network for the Study of Late Antique & Early Medieval Monasticism
Organiser	Albrecht Diem, Department of History, Syracuse University, New York
Moderator/Chair	Albrecht Diem, Department of History, Syracuse University, New York
Paper 225-a	Byzantine Monasticism: The Road to Salvation by Way of Wanderings and Enclosures (Language: English) Christodoulos Papavarnavas, Abteilung Byzanzforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien Index Terms: Architecture - Religious; Byzantine Studies; Hagiography; Monasticism
Paper 225-b	Rites of Passage and Conceptual Monastic Enclosures in Late Antiquity (Language: English) Michael Wuk, School of Humanities & Heritage, University of Lincoln Index Terms: Anthropology; Ecclesiastical History; Monasticism; Religious Life
Paper 225-c	Communal Boundaries: Caesarius of Arles, Predestination, and Excluding Sin and Religious Outsiders from Christian Space (Language: English) Michael A. Lovell, Marco Institute for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Index Terms: Lay Piety; Monasticism; Sermons and Preaching; Theology
Abstract	The papers in this session aim at establishing connections between different manifestations of social and physical boundaries in late antique monasticism. Christodoulos Papavarnavas focusses on the nexus of spatial boundaries, isolation and sanctity in Byzantine monasticism on the basis of hagiographic texts. Michael Lovell describes the relationship between social boundaries and the predestination debate in the world of Caesarius or Arles, based on his sermons to monks and lay people. Michel Wuk analyses rituals of monastic conversion and renunciation of the world and their roots in rituals of entry into armed forces, philosophical schools, and secretive societies.