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Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland: Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise

Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland: Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryArchaeologyIrish History

ISBN10: 1793630399
ISBN13: 9781793630391
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Jan 4 2022
Pages: 262
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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