IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 704: Walls and Boundaries
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies |
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| Organiser: | Eleonora Rava, Scuola Superiore di Studi Medievali & Francescani, Pontificia Università Antonianum, Roma |
| Moderator/Chair: | Frances Andrews, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
| Paper 704-a | Defining Cities through Walls?: A Vexing Question in Legal History (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Political Thought |
| Paper 704-b | Border Control: Clergy and (Hired) Mourners in Funerary Rituals (Language: English) Index terms: Lay Piety, Social History |
| Paper 704-c | Material Walls, Intangible Bridges: Recluses' Cells (Language: English) Index terms: Religious Life, Social History |
| Abstract | Walls and borders have become a source of anxiety in the contemporary world, as transnational movements of people have exacerbated old and new rivalries. These markers are mostly invoked as barriers to enclose and protect or to divide and segregate. Yet, historical investigation shows that walls and borders often united people, allowing multiple interactions both within and beyond the domain of time. Our panel seeks to explore these relations by looking at how walls and borders in the Medieval West could be variously permeable, connecting rather than dividing. The papers adopt three contrasting approaches: juridical, religious and social. |