IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 1150: Medieval Lived Religion: The Materiality of Everyday Religion, II - Regional Traditions

Organisers:	Roberta Gilchrist, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading Robert Webley, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading
Moderator/Chair:	Michael John Lewis, Portable Antiquities Scheme, British Museum, London
Paper 1150-a	Playing the Mass: Late Medieval Religious Pewter Miniatures from the Netherlands (Language: English) Annemarieke Willemsen, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General, Daily Life, Religious Life
Paper 1150-b	Objects of Pilgrimage from Late Medieval Scotland: The Evidence Examined (Language: English) Lydia Prosser, Department of Archaeology, Durham University Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Lay Piety, Religious Life
Paper 1150-c	Spread the Word: The Depositing of Textual Lead Amulets in Medieval Scandinavia (Language: English) Lisbeth Imer, Nationalmuseet Danmark, København Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Lay Piety, Literacy and Orality
Abstract	This session will offer new insights to medieval lived religion, exploring how ordinary people ‘lived out’ their relationships to the sacred, the supernatural and their families and communities. The second session (of four) focuses on distinctive regional practices, challenging the perception that Christian material culture was homogeneous throughout medieval Europe.