Theme:
6. Embedded in European archaeology: the Carpathian Basin
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Medieval Towns of Europe and Their Sacred Spaces
Content:
Inside the medieval towns, the edges of the sacred space could be perceived in many ways, visual, auditory, olfactory, spiritually. The cathedral, churches, monasteries and their cemeteries are the most important elements of many towns that have their origins in the Middle Ages. Moreover, they are often the best preserved medieval structures and among the most commonly studied structures inside a town. Approaches of the townscape and the topography from the perspective of ecclesiastical buildings, cemeteries or other area reserved for religious ritual are encouraged.
This session wants to explore how the ecclesiastical buildings and other sacred spaces (like cemeteries) were distributed in the town and how the sacred space evolved, changed or even disappeared during time in order to gain a better overview on similarities and differences of medieval towns from across Europe.
Papers of the session will follow methodological problems, relations between different ecclesiastical buildings, ecclesiastical building evolution and adaptation, the topography of cemeteries and their transformation inside a town, medieval townscape, spatial analysis, etc.
Keywords:
Town, Archaeology, Church, Monastery, Cemetery, Topography
Session associated with MERC:
yes
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Maria Emilia Cringaci Tiplic (Romania) 1
Co-organisers:
Balázs Nagy (Hungary) 2
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Sibiu, Romanian Academy
2. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
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