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Holy sites, both public -- churches, monasteries, shrines - and more private -- domestic chapels, oratories -- populated the landscape of medieval and early modern Europe, providing contemporaries with access to the divine. These sacred spaces thus defined religious experience, and were fundamental to both the geography and social history of Europe over the course of 1,000 years. But how were these sacred spaces, both public and private, defined? How were they created, used, recognised and transformed? And to what extent did these definitions change over the course of time, and in particular as a result of the changes wrought in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Taking a strongly interdisciplinary approach, this volume tackles these questions from the point of view of archaeology, architectural and art history, liturgy, and history to consider the fundamental interaction between the sacred and the profane. Exploring the establishment of sacred space within both the public and domestic spheres, as well as the role of the secular within the sacred sphere, each chapter provides fascinating insights into how these concepts helped shape, and were shaped by, wider society. By high

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Author

Sarah Hamilton, Andrew Spicer (editor)

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (CAM)

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351945622

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Religion, Religious Studies