IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1053: Visions of Crusading and the Holy Land in Medieval England
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades |
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| Organiser: | Kathryn Hurlock, Department of History- Politics and Philosophy- Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Kathryn Hurlock, Department of History- Politics and Philosophy- Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Paper 1053-a | Visualising Jerusalem in Anglo-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - General, Crusades |
| Paper 1053-b | Imagining and Reimagining the Holy Land in 12th- and Early 13th-Century Wall Painting (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - General, Crusades |
| Paper 1053-c | Apocalypse Manuscripts and the Crusade Spirituality of Women in Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Crusades, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This session looks at the response seen in of visual works to Jerusalem and the crusades.The first paper will consider and explore various material and immaterial visualisations of the Holy Land as presented through the early ecclesiastical art and architecture of Anglo-Saxon England; the second looks at the development of medieval wall paintings in relation to the crusades, considering new methodological aspects and routes of investigation; the final paper explores the relationship between Apocalypse manuscripts and crusading culture in 13th-century England, personal and family concerns over salvation, and in particular the desire to possess Jerusalem. |