IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1022: Perceiving the Sacred: Aspects of Landscape, Place, and Belief in the Medieval World
Wednesday 9 July 2008, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Department of Archaeology, Durham University |
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Organiser: | Sarah Semple, Department of Archaeology, Durham University |
Moderator/Chair: | Sarah Semple, Department of Archaeology, Durham University |
Paper 1022-a | Mystical Jewellery and its Place in Later Medieval British Border Communities (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - General, Folk Studies, Mentalities |
Paper 1022-b | From Mikveh to Bet Tohorah: Medieval England and the Jewish Religious Landscape (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Mentalities, Religious Life |
Paper 1022-c | The Sacred Stream: The Role of Water in Religious Practice in Post-Conquest England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Mentalities |
Abstract | The impacts of the natural world on medieval communities were multifarious and many, not least in religious and spiritual terms. Many aspects of the natural landscape held mystical and religious associations and water in particular often formed a medium for religious rites and popular rituals in both Christian and non-Christian beliefs. This session comprises three papers that explore the different facets of the aquatic aspects of medieval ritual life: from the deposition of magical objects in watery places to the importance of water and management within Jewish and Christian communities, water is here explored in ritual and functional terms as a medium for medieval religious practice. |