The Medieval Mediterranean: Local and Global Perspectives – Making Martyrs in Medieval Iberia

31 JAN

Dear all,

You are warmly invited to join us for the next webinar of our series:

The Medieval Mediterranean: Local and Global Perspectives 2022/23

Sponsored and organised by The Society for the Medieval Mediterranean and the The Woolf Institute, in collaboration with the IMF-CSIC (Barcelona), the Medieval Studies Research Group at the University of Lincoln, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, the Leicester Medieval Research Centre, and HPIMS (Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies) at Ghent University.

Tuesday 31 January 2023, 5-6pm (UK time)

Making martyrs in medieval Iberia

Panelists:

Kati Ihnat (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Melanie Shaffer (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Cathrien Hoijinck (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Devotional culture in early medieval Iberia was dominated by martyrs. With very few records of non-martyr saints, we are left to wonder what made martyrs such compelling figures. In this seminar, we will explore some of the ways martyrs were imagined and constructed in Iberia through a variety of different source types: theological, liturgical and musical. Placing the veneration of martyr saints in its historical context will allow us to address broader questions of its role in Christian-Muslim relations, cultural transfer across the Mediterranean, and the meaning of sanctity for medieval Christians.

To register: https://theofed-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VVHqKL7nS2OvNXOrTuvXrw

All welcome!

Best wishes,

Antonella

Story submitted by Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo
aliuzzoscorpo@lincoln.ac.uk