Naslov
Virginity Discourse and Female Asceticism in Marulić's De Institutione and Evangelistarium

Autori
Dulibić-Paljar, Dubravka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
Church Reforms and Cult of Saints. 5th Hagiotheca conference

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 17.09.2014. - 21.09.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
virginity discourse; female asceticism; Marko Marulić

Sažetak
Marulić's moral theological work De institutione bene vivendi per exempla sanctorum (1506) is a compilation of holy examples. The majority of Marulić's examples come from two textual sources: New Testament and Old Testament, and medieval hagiography (martyrs, virgin martyrs, desert saints, desert virgins, etc). Martyrs and virgin martyrs are frequently represented. Theological examination interprets Marulić's orientation toward martyrdom as the dominant model of sainthood. A tendency toward ascetic and monastic spirituality may be seen through his personal inclination toward the spiritual movement devotio moderna(of the ascetic Italian type), authentic Franciscan spirituality, and his popular religiousness as a result of his the humanistic theological predilection toward Biblical theology and patristics. Through his instuctions and advice about the instructive ascetic practice of Christian virtue, given through examples of saints' lives and accompanying commentaries, De institutione speaks especially to ascetic female readers (virgins and widows). In this, Marulić's practical moral narrative does not develop a systematic conceptualization of virginty, while in the Evangelistarium (1516), a moral and theological work complementary to the De institutione, virginity is elaborated upon extensively, mostly according to the seventh chapter of 1 Corinthians and Jerome's ascetic exegesis on virginity. Based on this, the intention of this paper is to focus on the discourse of virginity and female asceticism in Marulić's moral and theological works (De institutione and Evangelistarium). Specifically, this paper will examine Marulić's exemplification of the hagiographic legends about virgin martyrs and desert virgins in De institutione. I am especially interested in the manner in which De institutione represents the phenomenon of gender transformation characteristic of these early types of female sanctity.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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