Dr. Carine van Rhijn

Docent
Middeleeuwse geschiedenis
Onderzoeker
Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis
c.vanrhijn@uu.nl

Activiteiten

2025

Rethinking early medieval reform. The potential of anonymous knowledgevan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
Oct 2025
Knowledge on the move. On the relation between medical prognostic texts and minitextsvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
12 May 2025
, Minuscule texts and cultures of healing in the early middle ages
Wie Wissen reistvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
9 May 2025
, Migration und Mobilität in Spätantike und Frühmittelalter.
The Franks and the future. Prognostication and prediction in the early medieval Westvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
5 Mar 2025
Penance in Carolingian pastoral manuals: norms, ideals, practicesvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
4 Mar 2025
, Norm, ideal, and practice of secular/regular religious life in the Carolingian local societ

2024

The Carolingians and the countrysidevan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
17 Dec 2024
De inventieve middeleeuwenvan Rhijn, C. (Participant)
13 Jun 2024
Wondering about reform: a masterclassvan Rhijn, C. (Organiser)
May 2024
A Medieval Book Launchvan Rhijn, C. (Participant)
22 Feb 2024
Stupid, superstitious and not to be taken seriously? Re-reading early medieval prognostic textsvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
2024
, UUCMS yearly colloquium: inclusion and exclusion
Recipe collections and the use, availability and micro-mobility of plantsvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
2024
, Settlements and consumables
Prognostic texts in early medieval manuscripts: new findings and perspectivesvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
2024
, Mainz History Talks
Experimental intercession in the margins?van Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
2024
, Between liturgy and magic: minuscule texts and intercessory practices in the early middle ages
De inventieve middeleeuwenvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
2024
De inventieve middeleeuwenvan Rhijn, C. (Participant)
2024
A new direction for the Carolingian reform-debate: Anonymous knowledgevan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
2024
, Wondering about reform: a masterclass

2023

Leeds International Medieval Congress 2023van Rhijn, C. (Participant)
6 Jul 2023
Leeds International Medieval Congress 2023van Rhijn, C. (Organiser)
4 Jul 2023
Early medieval 'healthscapes': a manuscript approachvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
4 Jul 2023
, Leeds International Medieval Congress 2023
Salomon's Table: early medieval prognostication and the digital presentation of complex historical sourcesvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
25 Jun 2023
The king will die, barbarians will arrive. Prognostics and politics in the early medieval West.van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
11 May 2023
, Vorzeichen und ihre politische Bewältigung in der Vormoderne
What it means if mice eat your clothes in Geminivan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2023
, UCMS lecture
Monasticism as a pillar of Carolingian rulevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
2 Mar 2023
, Die Klosterinsel Reichenau im Mittelalter. Geschichte - Kunst - Architectur.
The priest, his books and the road to salvation in the Carolingian period.van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
30 Jan 2023
The voice of the thunder, the age of the moon: new perspectives on early medieval prognostic textsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
2023
, Minitexts seminar
Repeated re-invention: the many histories of the Tabula Salomonisvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
2023
, Beyond comparison. Towards a connected philology
Priests in a changing world: local clerics in western Europe, 900-1050van Rhijn, C. (Participant)
2023
Holy consumables in small worldsvan Rhijn, C. (Speaker)
2023
, Making and moving: consumables 500-1000. From the local to the wider world: sources, methods and approaches
Healing with the starsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
2023
, Decoding recipes.

2022

The dissolution of an author, the evaporation of a textvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
4 Jul 2022
, Leeds International Medieval Congress
Minitexts and the 'pastoral revolution' in the Carolingian worldvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
3 Jun 2022
, Minuscule texts and early medieval manuscript culture
Teaching priests in the Eastvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
24 May 2022
, Margins at the centre.
'Kitchen table knowledge' in small worldsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
12 May 2022
, Small worlds - materiality and mobility. Local societies in early medieval Europe
Salomon and the Sultan. van Rhijn, C. (Organiser)
10 May 2022
The Anonymous Knowledge Projectvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
25 Mar 2022
, Golden years for the dark ages. The transformation of early medieval studies since ca 1980. A conference in honour of Walter Pohl

2021

Theodulf and his priests. Some thoughts about the success of his first episcopal statutevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
1 Oct 20213 Oct 2021
, Un tombeau de papier pour Theodulf d'Orléans
The dangers of the Dog Daysvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
8 Sept 2021
, European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, biennial conference
Final conclusionsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
21 Jul 2021
, Ländliche Erfahrungswelten des Frühmittelalters
Anonymous Knowledge in pastoral manuscriptsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2021
, Leeds International Medieval Congress
The priest, his books and the road to salvation in the Carolingian period: a story of bean-blessings, haemorrhoid-cures and a touch of divinationvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
6 May 2021
Beware when Sirius is in the sky! Knowledge about the Dog Days invan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
11 Feb 2021
, Signs of the Future
Carolingian religious culturevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
2021
, Mainz History Talks

2020

Prognostic thinking in the early medieval West.van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
20 Nov 2020
, Recent research and new approaches on the early and high middle ages
Carolingian local churches as centres of knowledgevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
9 Jan 202010 Jan 2020
, Frühmittelalterliche Lokalgesellschaften
ERC Advanced Grant (External organisation)van Rhijn, C. (Member)
2020 → …

2019

Manuscripts for priests as a window on Carolingian culturevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
30 Oct 2019
Teaching the Frankish laity about Sundays in the ninth centuryvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
12 Oct 2019
, From Sun-day to the Day of the Lord.
Easing the way to heaven: everyday hope in Carolingian pastoral compendiavan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
4 Jul 2019
, International Medieval Congress
Carolingian culture through the lense of priests' manuscriptsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
6 May 2019
Manuscripts for priests IV: East and Westvan Rhijn, C. (Organiser)
3 May 2019
Of green beans, sick sheep and love-letters: some reflections on the expertise of local priests in the Carolingian periodvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
26 Apr 2019
, Clerics in church and society up to 700
Tangled knowledge, or: two good reasons to use a medieval shampoo of cremated lizardsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
1 Feb 2019
, Die Kulturgeschichte der Haare
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingenvan Rhijn, C. (Visiting researcher)
1 Jan 201930 Jun 2019
external examinator PhDvan Rhijn, C. (Examiner)
2019

2018

Introductionvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
19 Oct 2018
, Telling the future in the pre-modern past
Another kind of community: diocesan priestsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
12 Oct 2018
, Ordonner l'église II - Categorising the Church II
As sure as the sun will rise? Discussing days and times in the Carolingian periodvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
3 Jul 2018
, IMC Leeds 2018
Precarious knowledge in times of reform: the case of prognostics in the Carolingian periodvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
29 Jun 2018
, What do we still know?
Taming the terminology. Carolingian Renaissance, reform, correctiovan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
17 Apr 2018
, Rethinking the Carolingian reforms
Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttelvan Rhijn, C. (Visiting researcher)
Feb 2018 → …

2017

Small worlds, bog horizons - the book IIvan Rhijn, C. (Participant)
13 Oct 201714 Oct 2017
Religiöses Wissen in vormodernen Europa - Tagungvan Rhijn, C. (Participant)
9 Oct 201711 Oct 2017
Rethinking Carolingian correctiovan Rhijn, C. (Organiser)
22 Aug 2017
Living (with)canon law: the many faces of 'correct' practicevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
30 Jun 2017
, Cultural Memory and the Rules for a Christian Life in the Early Medieval West
"Not just stultitia but outright nequitia": Theodulf of Orléans and his contemporaries on stupidityvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
13 May 2017
, 52nd International Conference on Medieval Studies
Getting better all the time. van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
17 Feb 2017
On the edges of Christian knowledge: calendrical prognostics between prediction and calculationvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
13 Jan 2017
, Prognostics - predicting the future in early medieval Europe
The language and ideas of reform in Carolingian priests' manuscriptsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
6 Jan 2017
, Rethinking reform, 900-1050 (Leverhulme Trust International Network)
Graduiertenkolleg 'Religiöses Wissen im vormodernen Europa [800-1800] (External organisation)van Rhijn, C. (Chair)
20172020

2016

Methodological approaches to the investigation of processess of conversion and religious hybridizationvan Rhijn, C. (Organiser)
9 Dec 2016
small worlds, wide horizons - the bookvan Rhijn, C. (Participant)
1 Dec 2016
Were Carolingian priests secretly pagan? The issue of prognostic texts in pastoral handbooks of the ninth centuryvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
15 Nov 2016
expert meeting (Event)van Rhijn, C. (Member)
7 Nov 2016
, expert meeting
Priests' manuscripts in early medieval Europe IIIvan Rhijn, C. (Organiser)
4 Nov 2016
"A good day to move your bees". Early medieval prognostic texts between fabula and pastoral carevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
21 Sept 2016
, Glaubensfragen. 51. Deutscher Historikertag
Colloque International. Lyon dans l'Europe carolingienne. van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
15 Sept 2016
organiser of two sessions, speakervan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
6 Jul 2016
, International Medieval Congress
Workshop 'Raumhandeln vom 3. bis 13. Jahrhundert. Praktiken, Dynamiken, Logiken'.van Rhijn, C. (Participant)
21 Apr 201622 Apr 2016
Early medieval prognostics: a problematic chapter in the history of sciencevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
13 Apr 2016
co-supervisorvan Rhijn, C. (Co-supervisor)
20162020

2015

Small worlds - wide horizons: them and usvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
10 Dec 2015
Connections between Sélestat Bibl.hum.ms 132 and Vatican. pal.lat 485van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
7 Dec 2015
, Priester, Wissen und Co
Between superstition and pastoral care: prognostic texts in a ninth-century clerical handbookvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
6 Nov 2015
, Texts and Identities in the Early Middle Ages
Correctio in bad Latin? Local communities and the Carolingian reformsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
7 Jul 2015
, International Medieval Congress 2015
Royal politics for small worlds, local priests and the implementation of Carolingian correctiovan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
25 Mar 2015
, Tagung des Konstanzer Arbeitskreis für mittelalterliche Geschichte

2014

Carolingian local correctio and manuscripts for priestsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
8 Dec 2014
, Mittelaltercolloquium
Gatherings of local priests or coniurationes?van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
12 Sept 2014
, Congres 'Politik und Versammlung im Frühmittelalter'
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingenvan Rhijn, C. (Visiting researcher)
Sept 2014Feb 2015
More than pastoral care alone: local priests and their communities in the Carolingian periodvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
9 Jul 2014
, International Medieval Congress
Social cohesion and the local church in the Carolingian period. Coniuratio and mala fama in local communitiesvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
3 Apr 2014
, Small worlds, wide horizons III: Land and social cohesion (Wenen)
Congres: Charlemagne: les temps, les espaces, les hommes. Construction et déconstruction dún règnevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
26 Mar 2014
Carolingian priests' manuscripts: a workshopvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
7 Mar 2014
Small worlds, wide horizons (international research group)(External organisation)van Rhijn, C. (Chair)
2014 → …

2013

Local priests and their manuscripts in the Carolingian worldvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
26 Sept 2013
, Early Medieval Colloquium 'Small worlds: local priests and their communities in the early middle ages. Two case studies'. (Utrecht)
What did local priests know?van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
16 Sept 2013
, Religiöses Wissen im vormodernen Europa (800-1800) (Reims)
Prepare for pastoral care. The education of local priests in the Carolingian periodvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
2 Jul 2013
, International Medieval Congress
Penance and local pastoral care in the Carolingian worldvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
7 Apr 2013
, Settimana di studio sull'alto medioevo: Chiese locali e chiese regionali nell'alto medioevo (Spoleto)
Local priests and lay officevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
21 Mar 2013
, Small worlds - wide horizons. Local identities and social cohesion. Labelling and local office (Wenen)

2012

Priests and their manuscriptsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
23 Apr 201224 Apr 2012
, conferentie 'Small worlds, wide horizons. Local identities and social cohesion [700-1050]'

2011

Goed geloof, slecht geloof, bijgeloof en het probleem van heidenen in de vroege middeleeuwenvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
29 Apr 2011
, congres 'Historici, archeologen en het vroegmiddeleeuwse christendom'

2010

Wat geloofde Karel de Grote? Religie en identiteit in de vroege middeleeuwenvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
12 Nov 2010
, nascholingsdag Bonifatiuscollege Utrecht

2009

Correctio in action: Carolingian priests' examsvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
10 Jul 2009
, International Medieval Congress

2008

How to rule an empire: the episcopal perspective.van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
8 Nov 2008
, Empires and Law: principles, practices (Utrecht)
What happened to correctio in the second half of the ninth century?van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
8 Jul 2008
, International Medieval Congress

2007

Carolingian priests, the liturgy and the limits of correctiovan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
14 Jul 2007
, International Medieval Congress

2006

On the limits of sacred space: the rural churchesvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
9 Dec 2006
, Sacred space in the early middle ages (Wenen, Oostenrijk)
Is there hope for the tenth century?van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
4 Nov 2006
, Texts and Identities X (Wassenaar)

2005

Reform and the penitential of pseudo-Theodorevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
11 Jul 2005
, International Medieval Congress
New light on the Paenitentiale pseudo-Theodorivan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
19 Mar 2005
, Early Medieval Day (York)

2001

'Reading' the basilica of San Vincenzo Maggiorevan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
1 Dec 2001
, Texts and Identities in the early middle ages (Cambridge)
Perverse priesters en vrome heidenen: enige problemen met vroegmiddeleeuws christendomvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
1 Nov 2001
, Medievistendag (Amsterdam)
Perverse priests and pious pagans: some problems of early medieval rural christendomvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
1 Jul 2001
, International Medieval Congress

1999

A context for the 'capitula episcoporum'van Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
18 Dec 1999
, Texts and identities in the early middle ages III (Wenen)
Kommunikation die Schaffen und Zerstoeren kann. Klatsch ueber Priester im Fruehmittelaltervan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
19 Nov 1999
, Sprache, Reden und Schweigen im Mittelalter (Hidenhausen)

1998

De presbyteris criminosis IIvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
13 Jul 1998
, International Medieval Congress
Panellidvan Rhijn, C. (Invited speaker)
1998
, Congres 'Integration und Herrschaft im Fruhmittelalter' van de Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Forschungsstelle fur Geschichte des Mittelalters