BOF Expatriation allowance VLIR Scientific Chair Breughel 2014.

Grad course - Nuns' Literacies in Medieval EuropeWomen religious – whether they belonged to traditional monastic orders, or to semi-religious institutions like sister houses, beguinages, etcetera – were very important and active players in literary field of the Middle Ages. A great many codices were written for and/or used in women's monasteries, and many female religious were involved in writing, translating, collecting, and performing texts – especially in the vernacular. In this course we will create a dialogue about the Latin and vernacular texts nuns read, wrote, illuminated and exchanged, primarily in Northern Europe from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century. Special attention will be paid to the writings in which religious women were able to create a creative authorship for themselves, like mystical texts, sister books, convent sermons. We include the semi- or quasi-religious women as both actors and authors. We moreover, keep an open mind as to the inclusion of non-clerical religious men in the aforementioned capacities.

Keywords:DUTCH LITERATURE, DUTCH MYSTICAL LITERATURE

Disciplines:Literatures in Dutch