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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
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-aThe Cultural Complexity of Urban Space: A 'Close Reading' of Processions in Episcopal Towns in Medieval Germany
(Language: English)
Sabine Reichert, Historisches Seminar, Abteilung Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte & Vergleichende Landesgeschichte, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Index terms: Liturgy, Local History, Religious Life
Paper 1210-bProcessions in York before the Mystery Plays
(Language: English)
Sarah Rees Jones, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Local History, Religious Life
Paper 1210-cHeretics in the Cities: Hussite Processions and Urban Conflict
(Language: English)
Marcela K. Perett, Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame
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.