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IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 1329: Medieval Sacred Spaces, II: Disruptions

Wednesday 6 July 2022, 16.30-18.00

Organiser:Gustav Zamore, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet
Moderator/Chair:Gustav Zamore, Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitet
Paper 1329-aDog Kennels, Cowsheds, and Pigsties: Pollution of Sacred Sites as an Argument for Monastic Reform in the 10th-11th Centuries
(Language: English)
Steven Vanderputten, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Mentalities, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 1329-bConflict, Disruption, and Violence: Women Religious on the Frontiers
(Language: English)
Kimm Curran, History Lab+, Institute of Historical Research, University of London
Index terms: Military History, Monasticism, Religious Life, Women's Studies
Paper 1329-cDisruption of the Olavian Cult through Spatial Changes across Borders
(Language: English)
Karl Christian Alvestad, Department of History, University of Winchester
Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Hagiography, Mentalities, Religious Life
Abstract

This session, part two of two, expands upon ideas of sacred space as an experiential one to discuss disruptions of these spaces - through means mental, political or physical - and their meaning to medieval societies. Papers examine how monastic concepts of pollution spurred ideas of reform, violence, and destruction of sacred places, and how spatial changes could disrupt saintly cults. Through these disruptive practices, boundaries not only between places but between sacred and profane spaces were both transgressed and transformed.