IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1208: Processes of Inclusion and Exclusion in Late Antiquity, I: Creating Boundaries
Wednesday 5 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Harry Mawdsley, Department of History, University of Sheffield Michael Wuk, Department of Classics & Archaeology University of Nottingham |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Michael Wuk, Department of Classics & Archaeology University of Nottingham |
| Paper 1208-a | The Rituals of Banishment: Exclusion and Reconciliation in Late Antique Communities (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Law, Social History |
| Paper 1208-b | Should They Stay Apart?: Clerics and Lay People in Late Antique Houses, Streets, and Churches (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
| Abstract | As late-antique life was framed around affiliation with various discrete and conceptual networks, the processes used to mark membership in, ejection from, and interactions between these groups were correspondingly important. This session - the first in our series - considers processes of creating boundaries between late-antique networks from diverse yet complementary perspectives. Mawdsley explores formalised banishment as a socially and politically valuable means of defining society's borders. Wiśniewski draws the session to a close by analysing the narratives around and processes of separating clergy and laity in a variety of environments. |