IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 310: Spacing the Sacred: Shaping Sacred Space through Liturgy
Monday 11 July 2011, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | 'Raum und Politik: Wahrnehmung und Praxis im Frankenreich und in seinen Nachfolgereichen vom 9. bis zum 11. Jahrhundert' Projekt, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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| Organisers: | Matthias Bley, Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Miriam Czock, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen |
| Moderator/Chair: | Miriam Czock, Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen |
| Paper 310-a | The Reconciliation of Churches in Early Medieval Western Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Religious Life |
| Paper 310-b | The Merging of Ideas on Time and Space in the Liturgy of Marbach (Alsace) in the High Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Liturgy, Mentalities |
| Paper 310-c | Transfering the Holy: The Perception of Holy Space in the Cult of Saints, 13th-16th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Liturgy |
| Abstract | In the last few years research has become increasingly interested in shaping of sacred space. The matter is an important one, as it mirrors the stratification of space as well as of medieval society as a whole. To gain an understanding how sacred space was delineated research primarily employed a model derived from the theory of Mircea Eliade assuming that it is the focus of religious activity that creates sacred space. This approach does not normally concentrate on the equally important assertion that medieval society itself had about the conception of sacred space. Therefore the proposed session will have a closer look at the shaping of sacred space by examining liturgical and exegetical texts, understanding the liturgy as echo of a conscious process of creation of sacred space. Along these lines the session aims for a more fully understanding of the conceptions of sacred space and the social implications it carried. |