The Body, the Liturgy and the City. Shaping and Transforming Public Urban Spaces in Medieval Christianity (Eighth-Fourteenth Centuries)

Salvarani, Renata (2019) The Body, the Liturgy and the City. Shaping and Transforming Public Urban Spaces in Medieval Christianity (Eighth-Fourteenth Centuries). Studi di storia, 11 . Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Venezia. ISBN 978-88-6969-364-9

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Abstract

The body and the space are the fulcrums of dynamic relationships creating cultures, identities, societies. In the game of interactions between individuals, groups and space, religions play a crucial role. During a ritual performance takes place a true genesis of a sacred space. This work analyzes the theme from a historical point of view, with a focus on Christian medieval Latin liturgies. Indeed, for Christian theology, related with the dogma of the Incarnation, the chair is itself the place of the manifestation of the sacred. Liturgy makes present and gives with life a new body. Together it generates a space, that interacts with the entire urban society, inside the eschatological dialectic between earthly and heavenly city.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Medieval liturgies, Jerusalem, Rome, Religious performances, Devotional pathways, Pilgrimage
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	21 Mar 2024 17:43
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2024 17:43
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/6867

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