IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1210: Politics, Rituals, and the Propagation of Power: Urban Religious Processions in Medieval Europe and Beyond, II: Ecclesiastical Centres
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Exzellenzcluster 212: 'Religion und Politik', Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
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Organiser: | Megumi Hasegawa, Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
Moderator/Chair: | Zrinka Pešorda Vardić, Department of Medieval History, Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb |
Paper 1210-a | The Cultural Complexity of Urban Space: A 'Close Reading' of Processions in Episcopal Towns in Medieval Germany (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Local History, Religious Life |
Paper 1210-b | Processions in York before the Mystery Plays (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Local History, Religious Life |
Paper 1210-c | Heretics in the Cities: Hussite Processions and Urban Conflict (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Local History, Religious Life, Social History |
Abstract | This session aims to investigate the closely interwoven relationships between ecclesiastical rituals and urban and territorial politics through examining the legitimising role of medieval urban religious processions. Accordingly, papers dedicated to all-inclusive or smaller processions targeting the spheres of spirituality and politics in episcopal, imperial, residential etc. towns are equally incorporated. Among the main topics of the session the (re)formation of urban political and religious hierarchies, the means of external interventions and the (re)invention of the procession as a lieu de mémoire deserve a special attention. Furthermore, papers dealing with the comparison between European and non-European cities are also invited. |