The Regular Canons In The British Isles In The Middle Ages
28 January 2008
The Regular Canons in THE British ISLES in the middle Ages is the second in the emerging conference series on Medieval Monastic Studies, organised jointly by the Research Institute for Archaeology, History and Anthropology at the University of Wales, Lampeter, and the Department of History and Welsh History, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Following the success of the 2005-conference on Monasteries and Society in the Later Middle Ages, this collaborative project will once again bring together established and younger scholars in the field of medieval monasticism, and with a particular research interest in the orders Canons Regular in the British Isles.
The Regular Canons remain one of the least studied religious groups in medieval Britain, yet in their various guises – Augustinian, Premonstratensian, Arrouaisian, and Gilbertine canons – they constituted the most numerous. This conference is designed to bring together scholars working in this area, and to lead to the publication of the fruits of their research.
Papers will treat a wide range of aspects of the canons regular, and indeed on groups such as the Knights Hospitaller and religious women, who followed the Rule of St Augustine, including some of the following themes: spirituality, pastoral work, literary activities, manuscripts and libraries, relations with secular authorities and with founders, patrons and benefactors, relations with ecclesiastical authorities, archaeology and architecture. Papers will cover England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Speakers will include James Clark (Bristol), Martin Heale (Liverpool), Julian Luxford (St Andrews) and Tadhg O’Keefe (Dublin).
We intend to organize a visit to a local place associated with the regular canons, possibly the Shropshire abbey of Lilleshall.
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