Author : Anne Müller
Release : 2009
Genre : Christian art and symbolism
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Self-representation of Medieval Religious Communities by : Anne Müller
Download or read book Self-representation of Medieval Religious Communities written by Anne Müller. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the medieval monastery as symbolic space (locus symbolicus) and looks at forms of self-representation in medieval monastic life. Papers focus on both the transitory nature of organised religious life, which is based on symbols, and the separate identities religious communities developed by using their own specific forms of ritual and symbolisation. Case studies treat the British Isles and the broader European context. Among the key issues explored here are rituals in internal organisation, the symbolic use of space, architecture and art, symbolism in social interactions, and symbolic constructions of the past.