IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 827: Healing Journeys: Travels for Body and Soul in Medieval Culture
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages |
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| Organiser: | Virginia Langum, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge |
| Moderator/Chair: | Virginia Langum, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 827-a | A Move to the Country?: Nature and Healing in Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Medicine, Religious Life |
| Paper 827-b | Corporeality and Visions of the Otherworld in the Long 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Medicine, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The panel considers various aspects of travel for healing in the Middle Ages. The first two papers consider medical 'pilgrimage' within different geographical and spatial contexts. Michelle Garceau investigates Catalan miracle stories for evidence of healing practices and their particular significance for gender studies. Hilary Powell discusses travel to healing locations in medieval England other than to the widely known saints' shrines. She delineates the status of these springs, trees, and stones within official and unofficial religious culture. In the final paper, Chris Wilson explores a less material form of travel - the otherworldly vision - and its physical and physiological consequences. |