IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1747: Boundaries of Holiness, Frontiers of Sanctity, III
Thursday 9 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | National Science Centre Poland Project 'Epiphanies of Saints in Late-Antique Greek Literature' |
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| Organiser: | Julia Doroszewska, Instytut Historyczny Uniwersytet Warszawski |
| Moderator/Chair: | Klazina Staat, Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, Universiteit Gent |
| Paper 1747-a | Telling Spaces and Stories: The Greek Narratives of the Passion of Agatha (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Greek, Religious Life |
| Paper 1747-b | Palestinian Holy Men at the Constantinopolitan Court: Spatial Boundaries of Holiness at the Turn of the 6th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Greek, Religious Life |
| Paper 1747-c | The Changing Image of Heraclius as a Miraculous Emperor: Extension and Limitations of Imperial Holiness in Relation to Varying Spatial Contexts (Language: English) |
| Abstract | This tripartite session aims at exploring the boundaries of holiness and their negotiation in Late Antiquity and Byzantium. Due to their intermediate position between God and the ordinary man, holy men need to operate between the spiritual world and this world. The question thus arises what is it that distinguishes them from both of these realms. The papers will address the following issues: how the saints transgress the boundaries of their humanity?; are these boundaries clear or blurred?; what are the markers of the holy?; does their holiness have a spatial dimension as well? |