CONGRESS CANCELED Bodies that Transform: Visual, Material, and Conceptual Transitions
Description
Visual, material, and textual records reflect medieval bodies' potential for fluidity, transition, and transformation. These transformations could affirm an identity or disguise it; reflect divine will or fairy magic; make visible internal conversions; anticipate the transformations of the body in death, or transcend them. Transformation and change were at the heart of conversations surrounding critical aspects of human life: birth, death, gender, aging, even (within Christianity) the miracle of the Host. This panel explores the crucial role that the concept of the transforming body played in the medieval world. Maggie M. Williams
CONGRESS CANCELED Bodies that Transform: Visual, Material, and Conceptual Transitions
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Visual, material, and textual records reflect medieval bodies' potential for fluidity, transition, and transformation. These transformations could affirm an identity or disguise it; reflect divine will or fairy magic; make visible internal conversions; anticipate the transformations of the body in death, or transcend them. Transformation and change were at the heart of conversations surrounding critical aspects of human life: birth, death, gender, aging, even (within Christianity) the miracle of the Host. This panel explores the crucial role that the concept of the transforming body played in the medieval world. Maggie M. Williams