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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
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-aA 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)
Antoni Pons Cortès, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Liturgy, Mentalities, Political Thought
Paper 1017-bMind the Grab: From Vitalis to Our Lady - Sacred Topography at Esslingen before 1531
(Language: English)
Nicolás Menéndez González, Universität zu Köln / Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Index terms: Anthropology, Architecture - Religious, Ecclesiastical History, Liturgy
Paper 1017-cThe Death Visits the City: Funeral Processions and Urban Life - A Methodology of Research
(Language: English)
Renée Del Porto Ortuzar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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.