| Paper 126-a | Devil's Empire: Sin and Darkness in the Hispanic Middle Ages
(Language: English)
Juan Coira Pociña, Departamento de Historia Medieval y Moderna, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
María-Luz Ríos Rodríguez, Departamento de Historia Medieval e Moderna, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Index terms: Mentalities, Religious Life |
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| Paper 126-b | Mary, Mother of God and the Feast Celebrating Her Assumption
(Language: English)
Ann Marie Caron, Department of Religious Studies, Saint Joseph College, Connecticut
Index terms: Art History - General, Liturgy, Sermons and Preaching, Theology |
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| Paper 126-c | The Role of the Emperor on the Religious-Spiritual Life of His Empire and the Issue of His Sanctity According to Main Greek Hagiographical Texts
(Language: English)
Emmanouil Doundoulakis, University Ecclesiastical Academy, Heraklion, Crete
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Greek, Religious Life |
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| Abstract | Paper -a:
The devil is lord of darkness. His imperium was manifested directly (in black colour) or indirectly (by human figures) and in different spatial-temporal contexts, especially at night. The fight for controlling the human soul opposed God's arms and light against the devil in a war-like confrontation (expressed by the vocabulary). This imperium was not symbolic but rather a reality for a Christian society which lived with fear of his presence.
The aim is to analyse in medieval Hispanic sources (lives of saints, exempla, books of miracles, etc.) the manifestations of his power (potestas), and when, how, and to whom this power appeared and how it was fought.
Paper -b:
Medieval art in Europe grew out of the artistic heritage of the Roman Empire and the iconographic traditions of the early Christian church. In medieval art and theology Mary, mother of Jesus, has been an important figure. My paper will focus on the medieval flowering of Mary, Theotokos in devotion, liturgy, and art. First: In what ways has the imagery of Mary, in particular as portraying her Koimesis / Dormition (East) and Assumption of Mary into heavenly glory (West) both served and differentiated Byzantine and western European conceptions of her in the later Middle Ages? Drawing on scholarly studies in theology and art, this paper will contribute to the 2014 theme: Empire. Through expansion and the crossing of borders the influence in theology and medieval art works from east to west and west to east.
Paper -c:
In this presentation I am going to examine the way that an empire is presented in main Greek hagiographical texts, which are dated to the 10th century. Specifically, I intend to approach how an emperor acts or reacts on the religious-spiritual life of his empire, by writing hymns, by calling ecumenical councils, etc. Additionally, the issue of his sanctity is examined with the purpose of revealing under which circumstances Christians honoured him as Saint of the Church, after his death.
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