IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1202: Water and Stone: Ritual and Ideology in Early Medieval Britain

Sponsor:	Centre for Nordic Studies, University of the Highlands & Islands
Organiser:	Victoria Whitworth, Centre for Nordic Studies, University of the Highlands & Islands, Orkney
Moderator/Chair:	Helen Gittos, School of History, University of Kent
Paper 1202-a	Imperial Reflections in the Iconography of Pictish Sculpture (Language: English) Luisa Izzi-Green, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Sculpture, Learning (The Classical Inheritance)
Paper 1202-b	Basins and Baptisms: The Material Culture of Water in Early Medieval Britain (Language: English) Carolyn Twomey, Department of History, Boston College, Massachusetts Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Architecture - Religious, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life
Paper 1202-c	The Empire of Iona?: Awareness of Columban Tradition in 10th-Century York (Language: English) Victoria Whitworth, Centre for Nordic Studies, University of the Highlands & Islands, Orkney Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Sculpture, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life
Abstract	This session considers the uses of stone as a means of conveying ideologies, transmitting ideas of past and present identity and shaping the ritual landscape of early medieval Britain. The issues addressed include the legacy of Imperial Rome in Pictland, the material culture of baptism, and awareness of Columban traditions in Viking Age York.