 |
 |
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Thanks, Dee, I heard about this at Medieval congress, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it! Steve ________________________________ From: Dee Dyas <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 2:21:30 PM Subject: Re: [M-R] How did medieval churches function? [Scanned] medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Steve, can't help you right now but sometime around the middle of next year our new CD-ROM on the 'Story of the Church in England' will include: 3-D modelling of interiors and exteriors of parish churches as they develop from Early Saxon to Reformation. Linked text and images explaining teaching, liturgy and devotion, architecture, sculpture, stained glass, crucifixes, rood screens, wall paintings, music etc - and the connections between them. Recordings of Anglo-Saxon and later medieval church music. Hopefully should help. Dee Dr Dee Dyas Director, Christianity and Culture Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture on behalf of Steve Cartwright Sent: Sun 26/07/2009 17:26 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] How did medieval churches function? [Scanned] medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Colleagues, Every year I teach a survey course on the history of western humanities, from the ancient world through the Middles Ages--sort of Western Civ without the politics, economics, etc. I get to spend three precious weeks on medieval arts, ideas, and culture. This includes discussing medieval church architecture, particularly church architecture. For years I've been discussing the differences between Romanesque and Gothic, and showing pictures of the various styles, the stained glass, the sculptures, etc., and putting them into the context of the allegorical world view of medieval Europeans. But I've always felt something has been missing, namely, just how all the bits and pieces of a medieval church--the sculptural program, the stained glass program, the layout, the sacred geometry, etc., all fit together into an ultimate combination of form and function. What I want to discuss with my students is just how a medieval church building "functioned," or worked, namely, when a medieval churchgoer or pilgrim entered a church and saw the whole thing, what did s/he think? How did the building *as an integrated whole* function to teach or inspire a worshipper? I'm going for the Gestalt here. I already discuss such things as the "mysticism of light," the church building as a microcosm of the universe, an allegory of salvation, and a foretaste of heaven. I want to discuss more fully how that entire, complex form functioned, how it all affected the medieval churchgoer. Thanks for any suggestions you might have about this! Steve Cartwright Western Michigan University ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html