IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1115: Spaces Inbetween: Places of Transition, I
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Miriam Czock, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Marc von der Höh, Lehrstuhl für die Geschichte des Späten Mittelalters, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Paper 1115-a | '... they straightaway cleansed the sanctuaries and took away the filth and whatever unholy thing lay in them': Procopius, Moors, and Christianity in the Age of Justinian (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Religious Life |
| Paper 1115-b | A Den of Thieves?: Public Use of Church Buildings in the Early Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Lay Piety |
| Abstract | Lately historians have become more interested in space as analytical tool to describe the significance of place in human interaction. This interest has led to the conclusion, that space is not only a physical entity but a construction of men. In other words, spaces are created and conceptualized by people. A place does not have to be seen as a coherent space; rather coexisting spaces can develop in it. This is especially true for holy spaces: they were public places which were exposed to all kind of non-liturgical or unreligious uses. Therefore the two proposed sessions will examine the dynamics of overlapping and at the sametime competing concepts by which holy spaces in one material place were created. Thus the sessions shall shed some light on the differences and the surprising similarities of the construction of holy space by different social or cultural groups. |