Sacred Spaces and Political Places: Fostering Regional Identities through Historical and Literary Medieval Pilgrimage II
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Laura Clark
Organizer Affiliation
Baylor Univ.
Presider Name
Ali Asgar H. Alibhai
Presider Affiliation
Harvard Univ.
Paper Title 1
The Wilton Chronicle's Life of Saint Edith of Wilton
Presenter 1 Name
Laura Clark
Paper Title 2
Defining a Nation: Regional Negotiations of National Identity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Presenter 2 Name
Ruth M. E. Oldman
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania
Paper Title 3
Constricting the "Other Jerusalem": Creation Tradition in Georgian Historical Narrative and Urban Space
Presenter 3 Name
Eka Avaliani
Presenter 3 Affiliation
International Black Sea Univ.
Start Date
12-5-2016 3:30 PM
Session Location
Fetzer 2030
Description
Among the many factors impelling medieval pilgrimage, these sessions seek to examine those elements which fostered regional identity. The dedication of pilgrims traveling varying distances to experience the divine at sacred destinations was simultaneously enhanced by patrons who promoted traffic to and maintained pilgrimage sites. Saints’ shrines, tombs, and holy relics reinforced cultural and social identities relevant to the geographical and religious characteristics of a given locale and they helped shape and strengthen the prevailing political landscapes. These two panels closely examine Muslim and/or Christian medieval texts, both literary and historical, which foster regional identity through their promotive character as they call attention to medieval sites of pilgrimage, relics, and/or the history of saints.
Sacred Spaces and Political Places: Fostering Regional Identities through Historical and Literary Medieval Pilgrimage II
Fetzer 2030
Among the many factors impelling medieval pilgrimage, these sessions seek to examine those elements which fostered regional identity. The dedication of pilgrims traveling varying distances to experience the divine at sacred destinations was simultaneously enhanced by patrons who promoted traffic to and maintained pilgrimage sites. Saints’ shrines, tombs, and holy relics reinforced cultural and social identities relevant to the geographical and religious characteristics of a given locale and they helped shape and strengthen the prevailing political landscapes. These two panels closely examine Muslim and/or Christian medieval texts, both literary and historical, which foster regional identity through their promotive character as they call attention to medieval sites of pilgrimage, relics, and/or the history of saints.