IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 226: Networks and Entanglements of Border Identities, II: Religion and Place
Monday 3 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Medieval & Early Modern Centre, University of Sydney / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol |
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Organisers: | Emma Knowles, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge Jan Shaw, Department of English, University of Sydney |
Moderator/Chair: | Helen Fulton, Department of English, University of Bristol |
Paper 226-a | The Borders of the Ends of the Earth: Geography and the Evangelisation of Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Theology |
Paper 226-b | Moving through the Mearcland: Navigating Borders in Old English Religious Poetry (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Religious Life |
Paper 226-c | God Save the Queens: Carthage in the Old English Martyrology (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Language and Literature - Old English |
Abstract | What connections do we see between place and identity formation, particularly around conceptual and physical borders, in medieval religious texts? This session will focus on the interactions and entanglements between religion, identity, place and borders in texts from early medieval England and beyond. The significance of geography, real and imagined, and changing conceptions of place and space will be discussed in the context of Latin Christian authors of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages and Old English religious poetry. |