IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 650: Cistercians, II: Exploring the Relationship to the Sun in Cistercian Abbey Churches of the UK and Ireland
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses |
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Organisers: | Darrelyn Gunzburg, Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Moderator/Chair: | Terryl N. Kinder, _Cîteaux: Commentarii cistercienses_, Pontigny |
Paper 650-a | Skyscape: Cultural Astronomy and Its Impact on the Landscape (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 650-b | Cistercian Abbeys, Sky, and Landscape (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Paper 650-c | The Shifting Expression of the UK/Ireland Cistercian Template (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Monasticism, Religious Life |
Abstract | In 2016 the authors used methodologies drawn from cultural astronomy to show that there was an the intentional orientating of the Welsh Cistercian abbey church within its local topography, enabling it to form a relationship to the sun's light on theologically significant days. This session will expand the earlier research and, using the same approach, consider Cistercian abbey churches in the UK and Ireland. By exploring whether these churches also have a relationship between landscape and sun, the authors will examine the nature of such a potential relationship, and whether the Welsh Cistercian were unique or were following a Cistercian template. |