Networks of Sanctity? Relics and Mobile Artefacts as Vehicles of Conversion in Late Antiquity

FILIPOVÁ, Alžběta and Adrien PALLADINO. Networks of Sanctity? Relics and Mobile Artefacts as Vehicles of Conversion in Late Antiquity. In Materiality and Conversion : The Role of Material and Visual Cultures in the Christianization of the Latin West, 29. 11.-1. 12. 2020, online. 2020.

Basic information

• Original name: Networks of Sanctity? Relics and Mobile Artefacts as Vehicles of Conversion in Late Antiquity
• Authors: FILIPOVÁ, Alžběta (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Adrien PALLADINO (250 France, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Materiality and Conversion : The Role of Material and Visual Cultures in the Christianization of the Latin West, 29. 11.-1. 12. 2020, online, 2020.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60401 Arts, Art history
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/20:00117244
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Relics; Reliquaries; Conversion; Material Culture; Ambrose; Milan; Northern Italy; Gallia; early christian; late antique
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

The aim of this presentation is to propose a reflection on the involvement of relics within the complex process of conversion in the fourth and fifth centuries – mainly in North Italy and Gallia. The starting point of the reflection are the visual, material, and political strategies put in place by Ambrose at the end of the fourth century, with the goal to assess their efficiency or inefficacy over the longue durée.

Links

• MUNI/H/1402/2016, interní kód MU: Name: Transforming the Spaces and the Minds. Materiality, Performativity and Perception in the Late Antique (4th–6th century) Baptismal Zones (Acronym: TSP)

Investor: Masaryk University, Individual High risk/high gain projects