Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland

John Soderberg

doi:10.5771/9781793630407

Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland

Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise

1. Edition 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793630407
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-3039-1
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-3040-7
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

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.

Schlagworte

River Shannon archaeology of religion Irish settlement animal iconography medieval Christianity medieval Ireland medieval art monasteries religious iconography zooarchaeology graveyards high crosses

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i–xii Preface i–xii
1–22 Introduction 1–22
23–56 Chapter One Enclosure, Cattle, and Sanctuary Cities in Early Medieval Ireland 23–56
57–82 Chapter Two Excavating Clonmacnoise 57–82
83–114 Chapter Three Grounding the Archaeology of Religion 83–114
115–140 Chapter Four Animals and the Rise of Clonmacnoise 115–140
141–182 Chapter Five Animals, Tabernacles, and Towns 141–182
183–206 Chapter Six The Animals of Clonmacnoise in a New Millennium 183–206
207–210 Afterword 207–210
211–244 Bibliography 211–244
245–248 Index 245–248
249–250 About the Author 249–250

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