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INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS 2001
Organized Session Proposal: "Mundane and Profane Uses of Medieval Sacred
Spaces"
Although technically reserved for worship, medieval sacred spaces
accommodated numerous mundane and profane activities that included (but
certainly were not limited to) winehawking, ball playing, hearing legal
cases and sexual encounters. This session will explore the mundane and
profane uses of medieval sacred spaces and investigate the larger
significance of such uses. Papers may discuss any mundane activity that
took place in ritual spaces. They may also look at violent explosions that
sometimes occurred in them (such as the twelfth-century murders of Charles
the Good in the castral church of Saint Donatian and of Thomas Becket in
Canterbury Cathedral). If accepted, this session, which hopes to benefit
from papers drawing on a variety of relevant disciplines, might include
presentations on Jewish, Christian (eastern and western) and Muslim sacred
spaces; inter- and intra-cultural comparative discussions are also
welcome. If you are interested in participating in this session, please
e-mail me at dmhayes@iona.edu. The deadline for submission of abstracts is
July 31, 2000.
Dawn Hayes
-- Dawn Marie Hayes, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of European History Department of History and Political Science Iona College=============================================== From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List CFP@english.upenn.edu Full Information at http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/ or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu ===============================================
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