Emotions, gender, and authority at the curia of Pope Innocent III (1198-1216)

Project description

Emotions, gender, and authority at the curia of Pope Innocent III (1198-1216)

Pope Innocent III is often regarded as the most powerful pope of the Middle Ages, serving from 1198 to 1216 – a period of crisis and renewal within the Latin Church. The EU-funded PapalEmotions project will examine how Pope Innocent III and his curia used emotions to communicate papal authority and how this was shaped by contemporary ideas about gender. The project will investigate emotional rhetoric in papal letters, sermons and biography produced by the curia with a focus on expressions of sorrow, anger, and emotive pastoral imagery. PapalEmotions aims to develop a novel framework for the use of emotional discourse to understand masculine hegemonic authority.

Fields of science

• social sciences › sociology › gender studies

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

AALBORG UNIVERSITET

Net EU contribution

€ 207 312,00

Address

Fredrik Bajers Vej 7k
9220 Aalborg
Denmark

Region

Danmark › Nordjylland › Nordjylland

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

€ 0,00