IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 522: Fixed Materiality in a Fluid Environment: Literary and Liturgical Visions of Landscape in the Early Medieval West
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Prato Consortium for Medieval & Renaissance Studies / Australian Early Medieval Association |
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| Organiser: | Stephen Joyce, Centre for Studies in Religion & Theology, Monash University, Victoria |
| Moderator/Chair: | Roderick McDonald, Independent Scholar, Sheffield |
| Paper 522-a | Ideological Landscapes: Ausonius, Fortunatus, and the Ruins of the Moselle (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Theology |
| Paper 522-b | Landscapes of Violence: Gregory of Tours, Gregory the Great, and the Lives of the Fathers of Merida (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Paper 522-c | Ireland as a Biblical Eden: A Unified Vision of Landscape in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica? (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought |
| Paper 522-d | Ascendit Moyses: Mount Sinai in the Landscape of Liturgical Chant (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Liturgy, Music |
| Abstract | Literary and liturgical approaches to landscape in the early medieval West often speak to profound views on theological or ideological issues. Whether nature is good or bad; its law benevolent or barbaric? Whether domination of the environment is a divine stewardship or the beginnings of human pride? Whether Nature is a cruel mistress or a divine judge? These papers examine literary and aural landscapes from the early medieval West to shine more light on the deeper human questions at the heart of their creation. |