IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1017: Travelling Liturgies: Medieval Processions from Life to Death
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | ConTexto: Research Group on Medieval Art & Culture, Universitat de les Illes Balears |
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Organiser: | Eduardo Carrero Santamaría, Departament de Ciències Històriques, Universitat de les Illes Balears |
Moderator/Chair: | Eduardo Carrero Santamaría, Departament de Ciències Històriques, Universitat de les Illes Balears |
Paper 1017-a | A Sepulchre out of Place: The Tomb of King Jaime II in the Cathedral of Palma and the Funeral Liturgy during All Souls' Day (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Liturgy, Mentalities, Political Thought |
Paper 1017-b | Mind the Grab: From Vitalis to Our Lady - Sacred Topography at Esslingen before 1531 (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Architecture - Religious, Ecclesiastical History, Liturgy |
Paper 1017-c | The Death Visits the City: Funeral Processions and Urban Life - A Methodology of Research (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Daily Life, Liturgy, Mentalities |
Abstract | The movement known as a micro-travel is a fundamental aspect of Christian liturgy. Originating in the sites of the Holy Land, the liturgical station is an integral part of the development of a whole great symbolic choreography that was imitated later throughout European Christendom. These papers deal with two specific cases of liturgical micro-travel: the processions around the travelling sepulchre of the king, Jaime II, in the cathedral of Majorca and the processions in the German town of Esslingen. Both papers examine the political and social implications of this micro-travel, while the third one puts these examples in the broader context of the liturgy of death and its urban impact. |