The role of the senses in medieval liturgies, rituals, and devotional practices
Información General
- Autores: Zuleika Murat (coord.), Valentina Baradel (coord.), Sara Carreño López (coord.)
- Editores: Brepols Publishers NV
- Año de publicación: 2026
- Colecciones: The Senses and Material Culture in a Global Perspective, 1
- País: Bélgica
- Idioma: inglés
- ISBN: 978-2-503-62342-9, 978-2-503-62341-2
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Resumen
During the Middle Ages, rituals d shaped the daily life of the faithful, from the Divine Office and the Mass to individual devotional practices such as the reading of the Hours. They accompanied the lives of people from their birth to their last breath. These ceremonies aimed at engaging the devotees by stimulating their senses and triggering emotional and spiritual responses. This book aims to approach these practices from the lens of sensory studies, by giving the spotlight to the sensoria (i.e. the diverse sensory systems that existed in the Middle Ages) and the experiences of the faithful. In so doing, it aims to show that the experience of the sacred was not homogeneous and static. On the contrary, it was a multimodal and multisensorial activity, one that bore complex and overlapping layers of meaning, and was perceived in different ways by the diverse groups and individuals involved.
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Identificadores de libro
DOIListado de artículos
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págs. 17-27
págs. 29-46
Through body or eye: experiencing devotional books in Late Medieval Italy
págs. 47-67
Protect and survive: the Pursuit of Salvation and the role of the body inFifteenth-Century flemish prayer books
págs. 69-91
págs. 93-116
págs. 117-135
With the five senses: spectacular devices for engaging the audience in the Middle Ages
págs. 137-159
Moving movements: animated crucifixes and the faithful in fourteenth-century Central Italy
págs. 161-175
Space, movement, and the senses: religious plays at the Cathedral of Santiago deCompostela in the Fifteenth Century
págs. 177-201
Sensing the miracle, experiencing the resurrection: embodied devotional practices at the Shrine ofSt Lazarus, Autun
págs. 203-225
págs. 227-250
págs. 251-261
Exorcism in the middle ages: a performance for all senses
págs. 263-284
The ‘Blind’, the ‘Deaf’, and the ‘Dumb’: liturgical practice and sensory impairment in the Late Middle Ages
págs. 285-311
Fasting the senses: Lent and Holy Week in portuguese medieval churches
págs. 313-339
Embodied piety: sensory education and childhood devotion in medieval Europe
págs. 341-368
Sensory affordances of objects: amulets and the medieval sensorium
págs. 369-385
Praying with the senses: sensory engagement in relation to medieval devotional jewellery
págs. 387-405
An intimate touch?: the religious significance of combs beyond liturgical use (tenth–fifteenth c.)
págs. 407-432
págs. 433-458
Epiphanies of flesh and light: framing the Elevation of the Eucharist with the Chasuble of the Golden Fleece
págs. 459-481
