IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 520: Pilgrimage, Saints' Cults, and Crossing Frontiers in Medieval England and Wales
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Research Group for Frontiers, Nations, & Civilizations, Manchester Metropolitan University |
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| Organiser: | Kathryn Hurlock, Department of History- Politics and Philosophy- Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Paul Oldfield, Department of History & Economic History, Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Paper 520-a | Cults Crossing Boundaries (Language: English) Index terms: Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
| Paper 520-b | The Earls of Chester and Cult Centres in the North West and Its Borders (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 520-c | Pilgrimage across the Border: The Use and Abuse of Cult Centres in Anglo-Welsh Relations (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
| Abstract | Although saints cults and pilgrimage were essentially religious in origin and motivation, from their very beginning they were used by the secular world for distinctly secular reasons. This session considers the ways in which boundaries and frontiers in medieval England and Wales played a role in the use of pilgrimage and saints cults, and looks at how the abbeys of Bardney, Whitby, and Chester used their respective saints cults to maintain boundaries. The session also considers how pilgrimage across boundaries, either from England into Wales, or from the sphere of one saint to another, was used as a statement of rivalry and conflict. |