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IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1229: Medieval Sacred Spaces, I: Theories

Wednesday 6 July 2022, 14.15-15.45

Organiser:Gustav Zamore, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet
Moderator/Chair:Gustav Zamore, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet
Paper 1229-aSacred Space in Medieval Theory and Practice: The English Episcopal Registers
(Language: English)
Gustav Zamore, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Liturgy, Mentalities
Paper 1229-bSacred but Secular: Home and the Peace in Medieval Sweden, c. 1200-1350
(Language: English)
Fraser Miller, Historiska institutionen Stockholms Universitet
Index terms: Law, Social History
Abstract

This session, part one of two, explores new ways of understanding medieval sacred spaces, widely understood, and the borders they created. The papers individually examine what medieval episcopal registers can tell about medieval theories and practices of sacred space, sacred spaces as a method of medieval pedagogy, and the influence of the Peace and Truce of God on Scandinavian spatial practices. The session overall explores new ways to understand medieval sacred spaces and challenges common conceptions by considering them as experiential, political and places that could build - or divide - communities.