IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1334: Sharing the Holy Land: Perceptions of Shared Sacred Space in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean, II - Sacred Space and the Crusades
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe, Warburg Institute, University of London |
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Organiser: | Jan Vandeburie, Warburg Institute, University of London |
Moderator/Chair: | Jan Vandeburie, Warburg Institute, University of London |
Paper 1334-a | Expanding the Hospitaller Mission in the Medieval Levant (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 1334-b | Conversion of Churches to Mosques after the Fall of the Two Crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Crusades, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Religious Life |
Paper 1334-c | Enshrined Fortification: A Trialogue on the Rise and Fall of Safed (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Crusades, Military History, Religious Life |
Abstract | Following from the symposium to be held at the Warburg Institute, these sessions seek to address how both Western pilgrims, and the indigenous Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Levantine populations perceived the sharing of religious shrines with other faiths. Of particular interest is how this sharing was described and explained in contemporary accounts and how this influenced the knowledge of other faiths among the Semitic religions. These sessions will focus on the period from c.1000 to c.1500, addressing the changing political context in the Levant and its influence on the sharing of sacred space. |