IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1038: Sacred Remains, Material Concerns: Relics and Their Contexts, c. 800-1270
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | International Center of Medieval Art |
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Organiser: | Sarah Luginbill, Department of History, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Moderator/Chair: | Sarah Luginbill, Department of History, University of Colorado, Boulder |
Paper 1038-a | Power and Flight: The Question of Praesentia in the Travels of St Philibert (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
Paper 1038-b | The Materiality of Relics in Medieval Byzantium (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
Paper 1038-c | Western Relics on Eastern Campaigns (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
Abstract | The papers in this session continue along the work of scholars such as Peter Brown, Cynthia Hahn, and Julia M.H. Smith by examining a variety of relics and their reliquaries in their contemporary settings, both physical space and written texts. This session will highlight new research by strong junior scholars that, together, encompass Western Europe, Byzantium, and the crusader Levant. It will underscore the nuances of holy materiality for medieval Christians across a wide geographic reach in the Central Middle Ages. This session is sponsored by the International Center of Medieval Art. |