IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 239: Conceptualising Pilgrimage, II: Creating Place and Pilgrimage
Monday 3 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | History Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University |
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| Organisers: | Philip Booth, Department of History, Politics & Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University Marci Freedman, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Moderator/Chairs: | Philip Booth, Department of History, Politics & Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University Kathryn Hurlock, Department of History- Politics and Philosophy- Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Paper 239-a | Pilgrimage to Canterbury: Contestation, Piety, and Politics at the 1420 Jubilee (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
| Paper 239-b | Murder Near the Cathedral: William of Perth and the Perilous Road to Rochester (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Paper 239-c | The Miracles of Sainte Foy Priory, Longueville-sur-Scie, Normandy in the Early-12th Century: Charter Evidence for the Healing Hand of St Faith and the Priory as a Place of Pilgrimage (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Religious Life |
| Abstract | The purpose of these panels is to investigate the extent to which terms 'pilgrim' and 'pilgrimage' as concepts in Middle Ages changed over time, in space, and between religions. Often, there is a huge gulf between what motivated individuals to undertake pious travel, what they were doing, and what they were trying to achieve. Here we place 'pilgrims' and 'pilgrimage' at the centre of the discussion to see how they are reflected in the development of new pilgrimage sites, and the promotion, politicisation, and/or curation of more established cult centres. The first paper will focus on pilgrimage to Canterbury and the Jubilee of 1420 to discuss the extent to which pilgrimages were time-and-season dependent and the relationship between church ritual and potentially anarchic articulations of pilgrimage. Paper two will discuss the development of Rochester as a shrine to the murdered St William of Perth and the attempts of Rochester to manufacture a similar claim to a martyred saint as at Canterbury. Finally paper three will discuss the miracles of Saint Foy at Longueville, Normandy, and the way miracles, as recorded in charters were used to grow and develop St Foy's cult there. |