Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland

Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise

John Soderberg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

262 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3041-4 (ISBN)

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Clonmacnoise was among the busiest, most economically complex, and intensely sacred places in early medieval Ireland. In Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland: Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise, John Soderberg argues that animals are the key to understanding Clonmacnoise’s development as a thriving settlement and a sacred space. At this sanctuary city on the River Shannon, animal bodies were an essential source of food and raw materials. They were also depicted extensively on religious objects. Drawing from new theories about the intersections between religion and economics, John Soderberg explores how transformations emerging from animal encounters made Clonmacnoise a sacred settlement and created the sacred bodies of early medieval Ireland.

John Soderberg is visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Denison University.

Chapter 1: Enclosure, Cattle, and Sanctuary Cities in Early Medieval Ireland
Chapter 2: Excavating Clonmacnoise
Chapter 3: Grounding the Archaeology of Religion
Chapter 4: Animals and the Rise of Clonmacnoise
Chapter 5: Animals, Tabernacles, and Towns: The Iconography of Sanctuary
Chapter 6: The Animals of Clonmacnoise in a New Millennium

Erscheinungsdatum	29.07.2023
Zusatzinfo	26 b/w illustrations; 4 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 233 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-7936-3041-0 / 1793630410
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-3041-4 / 9781793630414
Zustand	Neuware