Crip Time in the Medieval Monastery: Cistercian Writers on the Time-Scapes of Infirmity, c. 1150-1250
This article analyses monastic narratives of infirmity through the lens of "crip time", a term that denotes the temporal rhythms associated with and/or made possible by disability. Drawing on twelfth- and thirteenth-century Cistercian miracle stories and vitae, the article delineates the b...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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The journal of medieval monastic studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 10, Pages: 67-87 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Disability
B infirmary B Miracle B crip time B Cistercian B Chronic Illness B Hagiography B Temporality |
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| Summary: | This article analyses monastic narratives of infirmity through the lens of "crip time", a term that denotes the temporal rhythms associated with and/or made possible by disability. Drawing on twelfth- and thirteenth-century Cistercian miracle stories and vitae, the article delineates the boundaries and intersections among multiple time-scapes in monastic communities. Although Cistercian writers sometimes portrayed crip time negatively - as a disruption to spiritual progression - they also saw potential and redemptive value in crip time-scapes. Moreover, crip time could never be fully confined to the monastic infirmary; as this article demonstrates, the temporal rhythms of illness and disability could unfold virtually anywhere in the monastic community, which was to some degree designed to accommodate a range of physical abilities and attributes. |
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| ISSN: | 2034-3523 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of medieval monastic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.JMMS.5.125359 |
