IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 611: The Papacy, Rome, and Romanitas: Sessions in Memory of John Doran, V - Romanitas, Relics, and Renewal

Sponsor:	Ecclesiastical History Society / University of Chester
Organiser:	Brenda M. Bolton, University of London
Moderator/Chair:	Rosamond McKitterick, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
Paper 611-a	Romanitas and Hairstyles in the Mid-8th Century (Language: English) John Osborne, School for Studies in Art & Culture, Carleton University, Ontario Index terms: Ecclesiastical History
Paper 611-b	Henry of Blois as a Collector of Roman Relics (Language: English) William Kynan-Wilson, Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, University of Cambridge Index terms: Art History - General, Ecclesiastical History
Paper 611-c	'Innocentius fecit corpus, et Innocentius inmittet animam': The Consecration of Santa Maria in Trastevere in 1215 (Language: English) Dale Kinney, Department of the History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography
Abstract	Paper -a: Abstract to be provided. Paper -b: This paper examines Henry of Blois's 12th-century collection of Roman relics. It will compare this collection alongside other contemporary relic-collections and it will consider how this assemblage of objects illuminates the travels, aesthetic tastes and devotional mindset of this significant and complex figure. Paper -c: Abstract to be provided.