Institute for Medieval Studies
IMC 2022 Session
| Session | 1239 |
| Title | The Not-So-Secret Lives of Mystics: Lived Experience in Mystical Texts, II |
| Date/Time | Wednesday 6 July 2022: 14.15-15.45 |
| Sponsor | Mysticism & Lived Experience Network |
| Organiser | Amanda Langley, School of History, Queen Mary University of London |
| Moderator/Chair | Einat Klafter, Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University |
| Paper 1239-a | In-Between Experience and Expression: Mysticism of Kshetrayya and John of the Cross (Language: English) Rupesh Kotte, Department of Humanities & Sciences, School of Sciences, SR University, Warangal Index Terms: Religious Life; Sermons and Preaching; Theology |
| Paper 1239-b | Rethinking Virginity in Old French Hagiography (Language: English) Katherine Churchill, Department of English, University of Virginia Index Terms: Gender Studies; Hagiography; Theology; Women's Studies |
| Abstract | This panel series explores the ways the biographical and personal impacts the textual products surrounding medieval mystics and visionaries - both hagiographical and self-authored works. We consider how approaching these texts from a lived-experience perspective enables us to look beyond the overarching master tropes that are generally used to interpret such works: how the biographical is woven into these master narratives of what are generally very genre-determined texts, creating individual versions that are shaped by their local context and personal memories. |