Religion and War in Medieval Culture
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Program in Medieval Studies, Princeton Univ.
Organizer Name
Sara S. Poor
Organizer Affiliation
Princeton Univ.
Presider Name
Sara S. Poor
Paper Title 1
Lines of Battle, Stanzas of War: The Poetry and Perception of a Political Crusade in Thirteenth-Century Sicily
Presenter 1 Name
Jenna Phillips
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Princeton Univ.
Paper Title 2
Legal Warfare: The Medieval German Trial as Ordeal by Battle
Presenter 2 Name
Mary Marshall Campbell
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of New Hampshire
Paper Title 3
The Politics of Piety in The Siege of Jerusalem
Presenter 3 Name
Patricia DeMarco
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Ohio Wesleyan Univ.
Start Date
11-5-2013 1:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 2335
Description
Religious difference has led throughout the Middle Ages to conflict and war. From the Islamic conquest of the Middle East and the Iberian peninsula, Byzantine engagements with the Persians, the Merowingian clashes with Arian believers, Charlemagne’s campaigns against the Saxons, to the Crusades and beyond, religion has been crucial to the development of medieval culture. This panel seeks to explore the intersections of religiously motivated conflict with art, architecture, music, literature, political and social history, politics, medicine/science, theology, and philosophy. We understand “war” not only as “armed conflict” but also more broadly as any fundamental disagreement or controversy between two distinctly self-identified parties. We welcome papers that address the effects of these conflicts (e.g., travel narratives, transfer of relics, pilgrimage, etc.) as well as theoretical approaches to any of these topics.
Sara S. Poor
Religion and War in Medieval Culture
Schneider 2335
Religious difference has led throughout the Middle Ages to conflict and war. From the Islamic conquest of the Middle East and the Iberian peninsula, Byzantine engagements with the Persians, the Merowingian clashes with Arian believers, Charlemagne’s campaigns against the Saxons, to the Crusades and beyond, religion has been crucial to the development of medieval culture. This panel seeks to explore the intersections of religiously motivated conflict with art, architecture, music, literature, political and social history, politics, medicine/science, theology, and philosophy. We understand “war” not only as “armed conflict” but also more broadly as any fundamental disagreement or controversy between two distinctly self-identified parties. We welcome papers that address the effects of these conflicts (e.g., travel narratives, transfer of relics, pilgrimage, etc.) as well as theoretical approaches to any of these topics.
Sara S. Poor