Manuscript and Memory in Religious Communities in the Medieval Low Countries. An Introduction
Jeroen Deploige|R.I.A. Nip
The special issue ‘Manuscript and Memory in Religious Communities the Medieval Low Countries’ aims at critically questioning how memorial practices, developed through shaped by medieval manuscript culture, contributed to strengthening religious communal life between tenth early sixteenth centuries. introductory article briefly examines research traditions that have informed this collection of essays. On one hand there is tradition memory studies, which since late 1980s has become increasingly important many humanities disciplines, particularly studies with its significant interest impact religiously-inspired memoria culture on society. other hand, 1990s same field also been marked rise material philology, not only fuelled theoretical debates about way our textual heritage should be understood edited, but resulted a renewed appreciation study manuscripts themselves as meaningful bearers traditions. subsequently explains combining these two compels us reconsider role (cartularies, miscellanies, collections sermons, etc.) deployment genres (annals, charters, lives, necrologia, treatises, communities.
The Medieval low countries. An annual review