Dr. Carine van Rhijn

Lecturer
Medieval History
Researcher
Medieval History
c.vanrhijn@uu.nl

Activities

2023

What it means if mice eat your clothes in GeminiCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2023
, UCMS lecture
Monasticism as a pillar of Carolingian ruleCarine van Rhijn (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.Carine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
30 Jan 2023

2022

The dissolution of an author, the evaporation of a textCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
4 Jul 2022
, Leeds International Medieval Congress
Minitexts and the 'pastoral revolution' in the Carolingian worldCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
3 Jun 2022
, Minuscule texts and early medieval manuscript culture
Teaching priests in the EastCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
24 May 2022
, Margins at the centre.
'Kitchen table knowledge' in small worldsCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
12 May 2022
, Small worlds - materiality and mobility. Local societies in early medieval Europe
Salomon and the Sultan. Carine van Rhijn (Organiser)
10 May 2022
The Anonymous Knowledge ProjectCarine van Rhijn (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 statuteCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
1 Oct 20213 Oct 2021
, Un tombeau de papier pour Theodulf d'Orléans
The dangers of the Dog DaysCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
8 Sept 2021
, European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, biennial conference
Final conclusionsCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
21 Jul 2021
, Ländliche Erfahrungswelten des Frühmittelalters
Anonymous Knowledge in pastoral manuscriptsCarine van Rhijn (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 divinationCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
6 May 2021
Beware when Sirius is in the sky! Knowledge about the Dog Days inCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
11 Feb 2021
, Signs of the Future
Carolingian religious cultureCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
2021
, Mainz History Talks

2020

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

2019

Manuscripts for priests as a window on Carolingian cultureCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
30 Oct 2019
Teaching the Frankish laity about Sundays in the ninth centuryCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
12 Oct 2019
, From Sun-day to the Day of the Lord.
Easing the way to heaven: everyday hope in Carolingian pastoral compendiaCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
4 Jul 2019
, International Medieval Congress
Carolingian culture through the lense of priests' manuscriptsCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
6 May 2019
Manuscripts for priests IV: East and WestCarine van Rhijn (Organiser)
3 May 2019
Of green beans, sick sheep and love-letters: some reflections on the expertise of local priests in the Carolingian periodCarine van Rhijn (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 lizardsCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
1 Feb 2019
, Die Kulturgeschichte der Haare
Eberhard Karls Universität TübingenCarine van Rhijn (Visiting researcher)
1 Jan 201930 Jun 2019
external examinator PhDCarine van Rhijn (Examiner)
2019

2018

IntroductionCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
19 Oct 2018
, Telling the future in the pre-modern past
Another kind of community: diocesan priestsCarine van Rhijn (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 periodCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
3 Jul 2018
, IMC Leeds 2018
Precarious knowledge in times of reform: the case of prognostics in the Carolingian periodCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
29 Jun 2018
, What do we still know?
Taming the terminology. Carolingian Renaissance, reform, correctioCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
17 Apr 2018
, Rethinking the Carolingian reforms
Herzog August Bibliothek WolfenbüttelCarine van Rhijn (Visiting researcher)
Feb 2018 → …

2017

Small worlds, bog horizons - the book IICarine van Rhijn (Participant)
13 Oct 201714 Oct 2017
Religiöses Wissen in vormodernen Europa - TagungCarine van Rhijn (Participant)
9 Oct 201711 Oct 2017
Rethinking Carolingian correctioCarine van Rhijn (Organiser)
22 Aug 2017
Living (with)canon law: the many faces of 'correct' practiceCarine van Rhijn (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 stupidityCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
13 May 2017
, 52nd International Conference on Medieval Studies
Getting better all the time. Carine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
17 Feb 2017
On the edges of Christian knowledge: calendrical prognostics between prediction and calculationCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
13 Jan 2017
, Prognostics - predicting the future in early medieval Europe
The language and ideas of reform in Carolingian priests' manuscriptsCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
6 Jan 2017
, Rethinking reform, 900-1050 (Leverhulme Trust International Network)
Graduiertenkolleg 'Religiöses Wissen im vormodernen Europa [800-1800] (External organisation)Carine van Rhijn (Chair)
20172020

2016

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

2015

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

2014

Carolingian local correctio and manuscripts for priestsCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
8 Dec 2014
, Mittelaltercolloquium
Gatherings of local priests or coniurationes?Carine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
12 Sept 2014
, Congres 'Politik und Versammlung im Frühmittelalter'
Eberhard Karls Universität TübingenCarine van Rhijn (Visiting researcher)
Sept 2014Feb 2015
More than pastoral care alone: local priests and their communities in the Carolingian periodCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
9 Jul 2014
, International Medieval Congress
Social cohesion and the local church in the Carolingian period. Coniuratio and mala fama in local communitiesCarine van Rhijn (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 règneCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
26 Mar 2014
Carolingian priests' manuscripts: a workshopCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
7 Mar 2014
Small worlds, wide horizons (international research group)(External organisation)Carine van Rhijn (Chair)
2014 → …

2013

Local priests and their manuscripts in the Carolingian worldCarine van Rhijn (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?Carine van Rhijn (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 periodCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
2 Jul 2013
, International Medieval Congress
Penance and local pastoral care in the Carolingian worldCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
7 Apr 2013
, Settimana di studio sull'alto medioevo: Chiese locali e chiese regionali nell'alto medioevo (Spoleto)
Local priests and lay officeCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
21 Mar 2013
, Small worlds - wide horizons. Local identities and social cohesion. Labelling and local office (Wenen)

2012

Priests and their manuscriptsCarine van Rhijn (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 middeleeuwenCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
29 Apr 2011
, congres 'Historici, archeologen en het vroegmiddeleeuwse christendom'

2010

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

2009

Correctio in action: Carolingian priests' examsCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
10 Jul 2009
, International Medieval Congress

2008

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

2007

Carolingian priests, the liturgy and the limits of correctioCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
14 Jul 2007
, International Medieval Congress

2006

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

2005

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

2001

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

1999

A context for the 'capitula episcoporum'Carine van Rhijn (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 FruehmittelalterCarine van Rhijn (Invited speaker)
19 Nov 1999
, Sprache, Reden und Schweigen im Mittelalter (Hidenhausen)

1998

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