IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1522: Hagiographical Landscapes: The Depiction of the Natural World in Saints' Lives and Miracle Stories
Thursday 10 July 2008, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Anne E. Bailey, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Rosalind Love, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 1522-a | Godric of Finchale: Snakes, 'ille serpens antiquus', and Liminality (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography |
| Paper 1522-b | Marginal Places, Marginal People: The Pilgrim's Progress in Miracle Collections (1050-1200) (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Lay Piety, Women's Studies |
| Paper 1522-c | Nature and Hagiography: The Vitae of St Colette of Corbie (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session explores the different ways in which the natural world is represented in hagiography. In particular, it will illustrate how the interaction between humans and nature was used to convey ideas about the relationship between man and God. Margaret Coombe will investigate Godric of Finchale's relationships with wild creatures, considering how they reflect the saint's spirituality and his transition from merchant to holy man; Anne Bailey will look at Latin miracle stories in which the countryside encountered by pilgrims symbolized men's (and especially women's) spiritual alienation; and Anna Campbell will discuss gender and nature in the Franciscan hagiographical tradition. |