IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 808: Materiality and Sensory Experience in the Crusading World: Objects, Sounds, and Spaces
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages (CeSMA), University of Birmingham |
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| Organiser: | William Purkis, School of History & Cultures, University of Birmingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Beth Spacey, School of History & Cultures, University of Birmingham |
| Paper 808-a | 'This We Have Seen with our Eyes': Material Culture and 12th-Century English Historical Writing (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 808-b | The Soundscape of 12th-Century Jerusalem (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Lay Piety, Liturgy, Religious Life |
| Paper 808-c | Pope Innocent III's Intercessory Procession in Rome (16th May 1212) as Felt Religion (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
| Abstract | Recent years have seen increased scholarly attention, both within and beyond medieval studies, to the materiality of religious devotion and the significance of sacred objects, sounds, and spaces for the creation of religious experiences. Indeed, Brent Plate has recently argued that 'religious history is incomplete if it ignores the sensing body and the seemingly trivial things it confronts' (2014: 14). Through consideration of a range of forms of textual, visual, and material evidence, the papers in this session will explore some of the 'sensuous' aspects of medieval Latin Christianity in three distinct but related settings: 12th-century England, 12th-century Jerusalem, and 13th-century Rome. |