Where Sacred Meets Secular in Hagiography
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh
Organizer Affiliation
Rice Univ., Wilfrid Laurier Univ.
Presider Name
Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh
Paper Title 1
The Middle English Vita of Christina the Astonishing: Secular Hagiography, Patience Literature, and Biography
Presenter 1 Name
Murrielle Michaud
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Wilfrid Laurier Univ.
Paper Title 2
When Saint Meets Medicus: Spiritual and Earthly Healing in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Hagiography
Presenter 2 Name
Claire Trenery
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Royal Holloway, Univ. of London
Paper Title 3
Determining the Local Perspective: The Popularity and Persistence of the Roman Cults of Agnes, Constantina, Praxedes, and Pudentiana in Early Twelfth-Century Rome
Presenter 3 Name
Marie-Thérèse Champagne
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of West Florida
Paper Title 4
Fitting a Square Saint into a Round Vita: Eugippius and the Writing of the Sixth-Century Vita Severini
Presenter 4 Name
Daniel Price
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Univ. of Toronto
Start Date
8-5-2014 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 2335
Description
Where Sacred Meets Secular in Hagiography embraces a broad, interdisciplinary approach to this topic, bringing to light the specific points of friction when sacred attributes meet secular ones in medieval saints’ lives, as represented in literature, art, and music.
Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh
Where Sacred Meets Secular in Hagiography
Schneider 2335
Where Sacred Meets Secular in Hagiography embraces a broad, interdisciplinary approach to this topic, bringing to light the specific points of friction when sacred attributes meet secular ones in medieval saints’ lives, as represented in literature, art, and music.
Peter Loewen, Robin Waugh