LEEDS INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS 2001
CALL FOR PAPERS
Leeds, England
July 9 - 12 2001
SESSION: Mundane and Profane Uses of Medieval Sacred Spaces II: Synagogue,
Mosque and Shrine in the Central and Late Middle Ages
I am looking for proposals dealing with mundane/profane uses of mosques in
the later Middle Ages. The accepted paper, which will replace one that has
been withdrawn, will be part of a session exploring the following topics:
1. "The Synagogue in Provencia as a Social Institution during the High
Middle Ages"
2. "Sanctified Space: Thaumaturgy and Carnival at the Shrines of the
Saints"
The original call for papers follows.
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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 wine
hawking, 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
directly at [log in to unmask] The deadline for submission of abstracts is
March 1, 2001.
Dawn Marie Hayes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of European History
Department of History and Political Science
Iona College
715 North Avenue
New Rochelle, New York 10801
Phone: (914) 633-2519
Fax: (914) 633-2019
Email: [log in to unmask]
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