010165 SE Sanctity and Stigmata in Christian Art and Writing (thirteenth to sixteenth century) (2008S)
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Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Friday
06.06.
14:00 - 21:00
Seminarraum 4 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
Saturday
07.06.
09:00 - 18:00
Seminarraum 4 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- To equip students with an understanding of the development of the phenomenon of stigmata and stigmatics between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries.
- To encourage an understanding of different types of source material relating to stigmatics (written texts and paintings).
- To encourage an understanding of different types of source material relating to stigmatics (written texts and paintings).
Examination topics
- Lectures and seminars (discussion classes).
- During the classes we will discuss primary texts, and relevant Italian paintings.
- During the classes we will discuss primary texts, and relevant Italian paintings.
Reading list
CONSTABLE Giles, Three Studies in Medieval Religious and Social Thought. (The Interpretation of Mary and Martha. The Ideal of the Imitation of Christ. The Orders of Society.), Cambridge University Press: Cambridge (1995).*
COOK William R., Images of Saint Francis of Assisi, Florence: Leo S. Olschki (1999).
COOK William, 'La rappresentazione delle stimmate di San Francesco nella pittura Veneziana del trecento', in Saggi e memorie di storia dell'arte (Fondazione Giorgio Cini) 20 (1996), pp 7-34.
FRUGONI Chiara, Francesco e l'invenzione delle stimmate. Una Storia per parole e immagini fino a Bonaventura e Giotto, Giulio Einaudi Editore: Turin (1993).
GIUNTA Diega, 'La questione delle stimmate alle origini della iconografia cateriniana e la fortuna del tema nel corso dei secoli', in: Trenti, Luigi and Addabbo, Bente Klange, Con l'occhio e col lume. Atti di corsi seminariale di studi su S. Caterina da Siena, Edizioni Cantagalli: Siena (1999), pp. 319-347, 422-443.
JONES C.P., 'Stigma and Tattoo', in: Jane Caplan (ed.), Written on the Body. The Tattoo in European and American History, Reaktion Books: London (2000), pp. 1-16.*
MacINNES Ian, 'Stigmata on trial: the nun of Portugal and the politics of the body', in Viator 31 (2000), pp. 381-397.*
OS Henk W. van, 'Saint Francis of Assisi as a second Christ in early Italian painting', in: Simiolus 7 (1974), pp 115-132.
RODGERS Susan and ZIEGLER Joanna, 'Elisabeth of Spalbeek's trance dance of faith: a performance theory interpretation from anthropological and art historical perspectives', in: Mary A. Suydam and Joanna E. Ziegler (eds), Performance and Transformation: New approaches to late medieval spirituality, Saint Martin's Press: New York (1999), pp. 299-347.
SCHMUCKI Octavian, The Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi. A Critical Investigation in the Light of Thirteenth-Century Sources (Franciscan Institute Publications, History Series 6), The Franciscan Institute - Saint Bonaventure University: St Bonaventure, NY (1991).
SIMONS Walter, 'Reading a saint's body: rapture and bodily movement in the vitae of thirteenth-century beguines', in: Sarah Kay and Miri Rubin (eds), Framing medieval bodies, Manchester University Press: Manchester (1994), pp. 10-23.
TREXLER Richard C., 'The stigmatized body of Francis of Assisi conceived, processed, disappeared', in: Klaus Schreiner and Marc Müntz (eds), Frömmigkeit im Mittelalter. Poltische-soziale Kontexte, visuelle Praxis, körperliche Ausdruckformen, Wilhelm Fink Verlag: Munich (2002), pp. 463-497.*
VAUCHEZ André, 'La stigmatizzazione di san Francesco d'Assisi. Significato e portata storica', in: Vauchez, André, Ordini mendicanti e società italiana. XIII e XV secolo, Milan (1990), pp. 65-91.
VAUCHEZ André, 'Les stigmates de Saint François et leurs détracteurs dans les derniers siècles du moyen âge', in: Mélanges d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'École Française de Rome. Moyen Âge et Temps Modernes, 80 (1968), pp 595-625.*
ZARRI Gabriella, 'Living saints: a typology of female sanctity in the early sixteenth century', in: Bornstein, Daniel and Rusconi, Roberto (eds), Women and religion in medieval and renaissance Italy, trans. Margery J. Schneider, Chicago University Press: Chicago and London (1996), pp. 219-304.
* = the most important items
COOK William R., Images of Saint Francis of Assisi, Florence: Leo S. Olschki (1999).
COOK William, 'La rappresentazione delle stimmate di San Francesco nella pittura Veneziana del trecento', in Saggi e memorie di storia dell'arte (Fondazione Giorgio Cini) 20 (1996), pp 7-34.
FRUGONI Chiara, Francesco e l'invenzione delle stimmate. Una Storia per parole e immagini fino a Bonaventura e Giotto, Giulio Einaudi Editore: Turin (1993).
GIUNTA Diega, 'La questione delle stimmate alle origini della iconografia cateriniana e la fortuna del tema nel corso dei secoli', in: Trenti, Luigi and Addabbo, Bente Klange, Con l'occhio e col lume. Atti di corsi seminariale di studi su S. Caterina da Siena, Edizioni Cantagalli: Siena (1999), pp. 319-347, 422-443.
JONES C.P., 'Stigma and Tattoo', in: Jane Caplan (ed.), Written on the Body. The Tattoo in European and American History, Reaktion Books: London (2000), pp. 1-16.*
MacINNES Ian, 'Stigmata on trial: the nun of Portugal and the politics of the body', in Viator 31 (2000), pp. 381-397.*
OS Henk W. van, 'Saint Francis of Assisi as a second Christ in early Italian painting', in: Simiolus 7 (1974), pp 115-132.
RODGERS Susan and ZIEGLER Joanna, 'Elisabeth of Spalbeek's trance dance of faith: a performance theory interpretation from anthropological and art historical perspectives', in: Mary A. Suydam and Joanna E. Ziegler (eds), Performance and Transformation: New approaches to late medieval spirituality, Saint Martin's Press: New York (1999), pp. 299-347.
SCHMUCKI Octavian, The Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi. A Critical Investigation in the Light of Thirteenth-Century Sources (Franciscan Institute Publications, History Series 6), The Franciscan Institute - Saint Bonaventure University: St Bonaventure, NY (1991).
SIMONS Walter, 'Reading a saint's body: rapture and bodily movement in the vitae of thirteenth-century beguines', in: Sarah Kay and Miri Rubin (eds), Framing medieval bodies, Manchester University Press: Manchester (1994), pp. 10-23.
TREXLER Richard C., 'The stigmatized body of Francis of Assisi conceived, processed, disappeared', in: Klaus Schreiner and Marc Müntz (eds), Frömmigkeit im Mittelalter. Poltische-soziale Kontexte, visuelle Praxis, körperliche Ausdruckformen, Wilhelm Fink Verlag: Munich (2002), pp. 463-497.*
VAUCHEZ André, 'La stigmatizzazione di san Francesco d'Assisi. Significato e portata storica', in: Vauchez, André, Ordini mendicanti e società italiana. XIII e XV secolo, Milan (1990), pp. 65-91.
VAUCHEZ André, 'Les stigmates de Saint François et leurs détracteurs dans les derniers siècles du moyen âge', in: Mélanges d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'École Française de Rome. Moyen Âge et Temps Modernes, 80 (1968), pp 595-625.*
ZARRI Gabriella, 'Living saints: a typology of female sanctity in the early sixteenth century', in: Bornstein, Daniel and Rusconi, Roberto (eds), Women and religion in medieval and renaissance Italy, trans. Margery J. Schneider, Chicago University Press: Chicago and London (1996), pp. 219-304.
* = the most important items
Association in the course directory
Anrechenbar für alle Studienrichtungen: aSP: als Wahlfach; nSP: als (freies) Wahlfach
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:27
Saint Francis is probably the stigmatic most depicted in Italy between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries. The stigmata were received by Francis in 1224 and made known to the Franciscan Order by Brother Elias of Cortona after Francis' death in 1226. For a long time the Franciscans defended Saint Francis as the only saint to have received the stigmata. However, between Francis' death and the end of the nineteenth century over 300 stigmatics had been recorded. Well-known saints such as Catherine of Siena and Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi also experienced the stigmata.
I will concentrate on the development of understanding of the phenomenon of stigmata from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. Starting with Saint Francis, I will explore the various ways in which holy men and women exhibited their stigmata, and the ways in which stigmata were written about and represented.
Prüfungskriterien:
Voraussetzung zur Erlangung eines Prüfungsnachweises ist sowohl die Präsenz und die aktive Teilnahme des(r) Studierenden als auch das Verfassen einer SE-Arbeit, welche längstens bis 30.11.2008 eingereicht werden muss.