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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture St. Michael-of-the-High-Places<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=MEDIEVAL-RELIGION;da08c7e2.0309> Charlie Farrow On 29 September 2011 12:56, Cormack, Margaret Jean <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > I don't suppose you can remember the name of the thread, so I could hunt > for it? > Meg > > ________________________________ > > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture on behalf of Madeleine Gray > Sent: Thu 9/29/2011 07:31 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] St. Michael Wotan > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > We had a long discussion of hilltop Michael sites a while ago and I felt > constrained to mention a few Welsh valley bottom examples including the > archetype, Michaelston-le-Pit! > Over to you, Graham .... > > Maddy > > > Dr Madeleine Gray > Reader in History/ Darllenydd mewn Hanes > School of Humanities and Lifelong Learning /Ysgol Ddyniaethau a Dysgu Gydol > Oes > University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd > Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion, > Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3QT Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675 > > 'A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or > it can be thrown through the window.' (Gilles Deleuze) > > ________________________________________ > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious > culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Cormack, Margaret > Jean [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 29 September 2011 12:29 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] St. Michael Wotan > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Can anyone provide bibliography for the following extract from the saint of > the day post? I know I have also read of a mediterranean mountain cult of > the saint, (and of course would like bibliography for that too!) and always > thought of Mont St. Michel and Skellig Micheal as mountainous or rocky > rather than assocated with hillsides. Of course Wotan is out in the case of > Skellig Michael (as well as mediterranean dedications, if any). If there is > literature associating Wotan (or Thor, who is the snake-slayer in the Norse > tradition) specifically with hill sites I'd like that, too. > > "In northern Europe in the middle ages, churches were often built in his > honor on hillsides, apparently substituting his worship for that of Wotan." > > By the by: anyone doing work on pagan sites (as indicated by archaeology or > placenames) I'm interested in mapping them, as well as saint's dedications, > on an electronic map. Please get in touch! > > Meg Cormack > [log in to unmask] > > ********************************************************************** > 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 > ********************************************************************** 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