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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture medieval-religion members in the Toronto area will want to catch this -- Best to all, George -- George FERZOCO [log in to unmask] Begin forwarded message: > From: Grace Desa <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 22 October 2009 15:30:58 BDT > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: CRRS Friday workshop 23 October 3:30 pm - Bert Roest > "Appropriating Clare of Assisi's 'Regula Prima' in the Franciscan > World, 15-17th century" > > The CRRS Friday Workshop series presents Bert Roest speaking on: > > "Appropriating Clare of Assisi's 'Regula Prima' in the Franciscan > world, 15th-17th century" > > Date: Friday 23 October > Time: 3:30 pm > Location: Northrop Frye 205 (Victoria College, University of Toronto) > > ****************************** > Clare of Assisi’s Rule or Forma Vitae, which received papal > approval in 1253, was for a very long time hidden from view. With > the exception of a few monasteries, such as the Santa Chiara > monastery in Naples, most Clarissan houses observed the so-called > Urbanist Rule from 1263. Other houses followed the Rule approved > for the Sorores Minores of Isabella of Longchamp, or even older > texts issued by Cardinal Ugolino (first issued in 1219) and > Innocent IV (1247). > It was with the onset of the Colettine and Observant reforms in the > fifteenth century, that Clare of Assisi’s Forma Vitae was > rediscovered. Most friars and nuns involved considered it to be a > text written by Francis, understood it to be the original rule for > Franciscan women (hence the Regula Prima), and therefore saw it as > a key text in the creation of an Observant religious identity. > However, the men and women involved took on Clare’s Forma Vitae/ > Regula Prima with different agenda’s. > This paper tries to shed some light on the way in which the text > was appropriated both by foremen of the Franciscan Observant > movement during and after the fifteenth century, in order to shape > the religious lifestyle of Poor Clare monasteries under their care, > and by Colettine nuns, Observant Poor Clares, and Capuchin nuns > eager to create a meaningful religious life not completely on the > terms of their spiritual directors. > > Bert Roest, currently a lecturer of medieval history at the Radboud > University, Nijmegen and a fellow of the CRRS at Toronto, has > worked on Franciscan education, Mendicant historiography, > Franciscan literature of religious instruction and the religious > and intellectual world of the Poor Clares between the 13th and the > 18th century. He is currently writing a book on the Poor Clares, in > the context of which he tries to make sense of the manifold models > of religious life used by the nuns and their spiritual guides, many > of whom were Franciscan friars. > > > -- > Dr. Stephanie Treloar > Assistant to the Director > Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies > 71 Queen's Park Crescent East > E. J. Pratt Library, Room 301 > Toronto, ON > M5S 1K7 > CANADA > tel. 416-585-4484 / fax 416-585-4430 > www.crrs.ca > > > > -- > Grace Desa > Graduate Administrator > Centre for Medieval Studies > University of Toronto > 416-978-4884 > > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html