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Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota

Holy Journeys, Holy Places: Medieval Pilgrimage and Sacred Geography
Saturday March 9, 2002

Many people in the Middle Ages felt their true home was somewhere else; life was a journey towards a better place. Religious pilgrimage therefore was something more than vacation; passing through a physical landscape towards a holy place had a higher purpose. It is no surprise that the study of pilgrims and the places where they went generates considerable insights into medieval life and thought.

Conference organizers: Lynn Jones & Oliver Nicholson [Faculty], and Evelyn Meyer & Tracey Daniel [Research Assistants].

Conference Speakers:
Maggie Ragnow, Robert Ousterhout, Matt Desing, Calvin Kendall, Derek Krueger, Lynn Jones, Val Flint

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Saturday March 9, 2002

9:00 - 9:45

Conference Registration & Coffee
9:45 - 11:15

 Chair: William Malandra, Chair, Dept. of Classical and Near Eastern Studies

"Creating a Pilgrimage Site in Merovingian Gaul: Radegund and the True Cross"
Lynn Jones, CNES, University of Minnesota

"Pilgrimage as a Gendered Construct in the Anglo-Saxon World"
Marguerite Ragnow, Associate Director of the Center for Early Modern History, University of Minnesota

11:15 - 11:30

 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:20
 Chair: Oliver Nicholson

"Approaches to the Shrine"
Valerie Flint, University of Hull Emeritus, former Hill Professor at the Center for Medieval Studies, University of Minnesota

12:20 - 1:50

 Lunch Break (235 Nolte)
1:50 - 3:30
 Chair: Lynn Jones

"Constantinople as Jerusalem"
Robert Ousterhout, Architecture, University of Illinois

"Aspects of Devotion in the Production of Pilgrims' Shrine Literature: Text and Cult in the Early Byzantine Miracula of Artemius and Thecla"
Derek Krueger, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

3:30 - 3:45

 Coffee Break

3:45 - 5:00

 Chair: William Philips, Director, Center for Early Modern History

"Historical Reality and Allegorical Representation: The Road and the Journey in Berceo's Milagros de Nuestra Señora"
Matthew Desing, Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota

"Holy Journey: The Via Tolosana to Compostela"
Calvin B. Kendall, English, University of Minnesota

The conference will be held in 306 Folwell Hall at the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus, with the exception of the buffet lunch, which will be held in the Episcopal Center at the University of Minnesota.

Sponsored by:

Center for Medieval Studies
Dept. of Classical & Near Eastern Studies
Program in Religious Studies

Visitors from out of town should contact hotels directly. Two are quite close to the University. The Days Inn, 2407 University Ave. SE, can be reached at: 1-612-623-3999 or 1-800-329-7466. The Radisson Hotel Metrodome at 615 Washington Ave. SE, can be reached at 1-612-379-8888 or 1-800-333-3333.

Nearby parking is available in the Church Street Garage and the Fourth Street Ramp.


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