Wednesday, April 25, 2018
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM (ET)
PAC (Harriman Hall) PAC 421 (Pomper Classroom)
Event Type
Lecture
Contact
Tanasi, Ann L.
2392
Link
https://eaglet.wesleyan.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=82548
A Saint
in a Hollow Tree and a Miracle that is not a Miracle: How to Create a Saint’s
Cult in the later Middle Ages
This lecture
will explore the ways that medieval people and institutions might create and
manage miracles and saints to strengthen their institutions.
Emilia
Jamroziak, Professor
of History and Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies, Leeds University
Jamroziak's
research focuses on the interactions between religious institutions and the
laity from the early twelfth to the early sixteenth century. Geographically her
work spans Britain (particularly the North and Scotland), Central Europe, East-Central
Europe and the Baltic.
Department
of History Lecture