IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 1109: A Metamorphic World: Defining the Holy Land from the Medieval to the Modern Era, c. 300-1900, II - Byzantium and the Islamic Near East, c. 600-1500
Wednesday 3 July 2013, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | University of Birmingham / University of Leeds |
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| Organisers: | Liz Mylod, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Daniel K. Reynolds, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Peter Darby, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester |
| Paper 1109-a | Byzantine Jerusalem through Melkite Eyes: The Capture of Jerusalem in Its 10th-Century Context (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Liturgy, Monasticism |
| Paper 1109-b | Constantinople and Jerusalem, Temple and Church (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Painting, Byzantine Studies |
| Paper 1109-c | Extending the Holy Land: Sinai, St Katherine, and the West in the Later Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Crusades, Monasticism |
| Abstract | The emergence of the Muslim Arabs in the 7th century provides fertile territory in which to explore continuity and change in the identity and location of the sacred. The introduction of a rival cultural and religious system generated reinterpretations and new perceptions of the importance and centrality of the Holy Land space in the Islamic and Byzantine spheres.This session will explore how Byzantine and Islamic perceptions of the Holy Land responded to the impact of constant geo-political change in the East Mediterranean and those of indigenous Christians situated at the crossroads of these emerging worlds. |