IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2006: Localities and Local Identities in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, III: Pilgrimage and Place
Friday 9 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | South West & Wales 'Late Antique, Early Medieval & Byzantine Network' |
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| Organisers: | Becca Grose, Departement Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht Josh Littell, Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Exeter |
| Moderator/Chair: | Eve MacDonald, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Respondent: | Arietta S. Papaconstantinou, Centre de Recherche d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| Paper 2006-a | The Medieval History of the Mangana Complex on the Sarayburnu Promontory, Istanbul: An Imperial Palace and a Site of Pilgrimage (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Byzantine Studies, Religious Life |
| Paper 2006-b | Hagiography and Autobiography in Venantius Fortunatus's Life of St Martin (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This panel will examine pilgrimage within the context of Late Antique Christianity, with particular emphasis on the manner in which specific localities and how their religious significance were perceived by the pilgrims who visited or wrote about them. The first paper in this panel (Short) will track the development of the Mangana site from its origins to its positions as a focal point of pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians. The second paper (Livorsi) will consider how the healing miracle within Venantius Fortunatus' Life of Saint Martin relates to the whole poem, readership and the cultic environment of 6th c. Tours where Martin was venerated. |