Saints and Their Makers: (re)Writing Hagiography in the Long Twelfth Century II: (re)Building the Future in Cult and Court

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dept. of History, Univ. of Southern California

Organizer Name

Justin Haar

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Southern California

Presider Name

Dustin Neighly

Presider Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Paper Title 1

Translatio Sancti: Eadmer's Saint Anselm Becomes John of Salisbury's Defensor Ecclesiae

Presenter 1 Name

Karen Bollermann

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Texas A&M Univ.

Paper Title 2

Sculpture as Hagiographic Rewriting: The Case of Saint Ursin at Bourges Cathedral

Presenter 2 Name

Lindsey Hansen

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 3

Edward, Innocent, and Osbert: At an Intersection of Politics and Piety

Presenter 3 Name

Justin Haar

Paper Title 4

Saints' Lives as Host Gifts: Rewriting Hagiographical Texts in Return for Hospitality

Presenter 4 Name

John M. Howe

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Texas Tech Univ.

Start Date

15-5-2016 10:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard Brown & Gold Room

Description

The second of two panels exploring the rewriting of hagiographic literature as revision of communal memory, emendation of saint and sanctity, or renegotiation of supernatural patronage. In this panel, the authors explore on how saints were reworked at the intersections of cult, patronage, and politics.(Justin Haar)