"Differing in Status, But One in Spirit": Renegotiating the Boundaries of St. Brigit's Double Monastery at Kildare
The double monastery at Kildare, Ireland, developed from a confluence of holy sites and legends associated with St. Brigit into a major metropolitan center in the seventh century. One of the most interesting sources for this development's apex remains Cogitosus's Life of Saint Brigit, a co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
2021
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Journal of medieval religious cultures
Year: 2021, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-165 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBF British Isles KCD Hagiography; saints |
| Further subjects: | B
City of Refuge
B Pilgrimage B Ireland B St. Brigit B Kildare |
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| Summary: | The double monastery at Kildare, Ireland, developed from a confluence of holy sites and legends associated with St. Brigit into a major metropolitan center in the seventh century. One of the most interesting sources for this development's apex remains Cogitosus's Life of Saint Brigit, a collection of miracle stories immersed in the local landscape that reflect her community's interests. A reassessment of the last three chapters of his Life, in conjunction with surviving material evidence in the landscape, will emphasize the ways in which hagiographical boundaries shaped Kildare's development into a City of Refuge. It will argue that Cogitosus did not use ekphrasis, but delineated liminal boundaries functional to the dichotomies that Kildare was negotiating (male and female; lay and consecrated; community and pilgrims; Irish and Roman). Cogitosus's Life provides a lens through which to view Kildare's development into a major pilgrimage center. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-9650 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medieval religious cultures
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