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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On consecrating cemeteries and the development of "sacred space", Dominique Iogna-Prat, La Maison Dieu, is very good. As far as liturgy and architecture are concerned, specifically in relation to the Sarum rites, both Arnold Klukas and Peter Draper have made valuable interventions. Cheers, Jim ________________________________________ From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Briggs [[log in to unmask]] Sent: February 26, 2013 1:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [M-R] Liturgy, Architecture and Sacred Places in Anglo-Saxon England medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Just to report that I am currently reading Helen Gittos' long-awaited new book "Liturgy, Architecture and Sacred Places in Anglo-Saxon England" (Oxford, 2013). She gives an up-to-date account of religious architecture in Anglo-Saxon England, which is very good - but she is fantastic on the liturgy! I'm not so sure about "sacred places", but she does make the point that the concept of "consecrated ground" is anthropologically very, very unusual. The practice of consecrating graveyards seems to have started in the first half of the 10th century and seems to have originated in England (although it may, of course, like so much else, have come from Ireland.) John Briggs ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion