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Educating the Laity: Pastoral Care,
c.1200-1600
Tuesday 11th December 2007
650 years ago this year, the Archbishop of York, John Thoresby, issued a set of instructions to the clergy concerning pastoral care. These instructions were closely modelled on the earlier Syllabus of Archbishop Pecham (1281), and form part of a tradition of responses to Omnis utriusque sexus, Canon Twenty-one of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). Unusually, however, Thoresby’s response took the form of a set of Latin instructions and also of an English translation, the so-called Lay Folks’ Catechism, suggesting a broader concept of his intended audience and of how that audience might be reached.
This colloquium takes the opportunity afforded by the anniversary of the Lay Folks’ Catechism to revisit the issue of pastoral care, very broadly defined, in England and elsewhere.
Provisional Programme
10.30 Registration
Coffee service
11.15 Welcome and Introduction
11.30 Session One
Dr Eva de Visscher, Oriel College, Oxford: ‘Of Psalms and Primers: Learning Hebrew in Medieval England’
Dr Catherine Rider, University of Exeter: ‘Educating the Laity in Confession: the Advice of Two Short 13th-Century Confession Manuals’
Diane Heath, University of Kent: ‘British Library MS Harley 3244: The Other Side of Educating the Laity’
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Keynote speaker - Professor Vincent Gillespie, University of Oxford: 'Pecham's Apotheosis: Reformist Orthodoxy and the Pastoral Care'
2.45 Session 2
Dr Bonnie Miller, Castle College, Nottingham: ‘St Erkenwald: The Spectacle of Noise’
Dr Niamh Pattwell, University College, Dublin: ‘Sacerdos Parochialis and Exornatorium Curatorum: The Production and Circulation of Pastoral Care Manuals’
Dr Stewart Mottram, Aberystwyth University: ‘Performing Preaching: Thomas Cromwell’s Iniunctions for the Clerge and John Bale’s King Johan (1538)’
4.15 Tea
4.30 Roundtable discussion
5.00 Close
7.00 Dinner (if previously booked)
Further Information and Registration
You can download a registration form from here.
Fee: The registration fee of £20.00 includes morning and afternoon refreshments and a sandwich lunch. A small number of bursaries may be available for registered students; please tick the appropriate space on the form, and do not send any money at this time.
Dinner: On the evening of Tuesday 11th all attendees are warmly invited to dinner at a local restaurant. The cost of dinner is not included in the registration fee.
Location: The colloquium will be held in Rutherford College Senior Common Room. Maps of the campus and surrounding area are available http://www.kent.ac.uk/maps/canterbury/find-campus.html The University is approximately 20 minutes’ walk from Canterbury West Station, and 35 minutes’ walk from Canterbury East Station. There are regular buses from the central Bus Station to the campus.
Accommodation: There is no accommodation available on campus, but there are numerous hotels and guest houses in Canterbury. Further details are available http://www.kent.ac.uk/hospitality/staff-student/accommodation/offcampus/guesthouses.html