IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1205: Beyond Time and Space, In Memory of Miriam Czock, III: New Insights into Early Medieval Holiness
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Anja B. Rathmann-Lutz, Departement Geschichte, Universität Basel Laury Sarti, Historisches Seminar, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Hans-Werner Goetz, Historisches Seminar, Universität Hamburg |
| Paper 1205-a | Pinpointing the Holy: The Spatial Character of Holiness in the Works of Gregory of Tours (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval |
| Paper 1205-b | Role Models: Images and Ideas of Apostolic Sanctity in Gregory the Great (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography |
| Paper 1205-c | Hagiography and Legitimation (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography |
| Abstract | Since her Ph.D. thesis on 'The House of God', the notion and character of holiness in the earlier Middle Ages has remained one of the three major themes in Miriam Czock's oeuvre, focusing, above all, on 'holy objects'. Therefore, it seems adequate that one of the sessions in her commemoration deals with holiness. Following a brief introduction by the moderator into Miriam's contribution to the research on holiness, the papers of this session, all on the early Middle Ages, take up different themes and approaches related to and inspired by her work: The first paper inquires into (any sort) of holy places in the writings of Gregory of Tours and into his 'localized' concept of holiness, the second analyses the development of apostolic holiness in the concept of Pope Gregory I, and the third discusses the legitimizing character of late Carolingian saints' lives revealing an interdependence of religious and political history. |