Creating and Transforming the Image of Saints

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dept. of Medieval Studies, Central European Univ.

Organizer Name

Gerhard Jaritz

Organizer Affiliation

Central European Univ.

Presider Name

Gerhard Jaritz

Paper Title 1

Evolving Identities: The Connections between Royal Patronage of Dynastic Saints' Cults and Secular Literature in the Twelfth Century

Presenter 1 Name

Stephen Pow (Congress Travel Award Winner)

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Central European Univ.

Paper Title 2

Transformations of a Saint: Saint Foy and Her Cults

Presenter 2 Name

Kathleen Ashley

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Southern Maine

Paper Title 3

Danish Saints as a Visual Weapon against the Lutherans: Wall Paintings from the Eve of the Reform

Presenter 3 Name

Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Nationalmuseet

Start Date

13-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 2355

Description

The session will deal with the developments and changes of the images of saints and their contexts in medieval religious and secular discourses, that is, their reasons, effects and consequences. The papers are based on textual and visual source evidence.

Gerhard Jaritz