June 12, 2023
The Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals of the University of Cyprus, is organizing the 3rd NetMAR webinar, titled ‘European Funding Proposal Writing’, as part of the activities of the NetMAR project
By Dr Andrea Schindler, University of Braunschweig
One has to believe in rituals, otherwise they don’t work. But of course, one can also just pretend to perform a ritual, or not do it properly. In ‘Tristan and Isolde’ of Gottfried of Straßburg, we learn what happens if some people know the truth about rituals – and some don’t.By Prof. Heinz Sieburg, University of Luxembourg
discusses medieval judicial ordeals and shows what judges did when they had not enough proof to declare an accused individual guilty.By Dr. Andria Andreou, Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals, UCY
Were early Christian ascetics tempted by sexual desire? And if they did, in what forms did they experience such a temptation? How did they manage (or not) to overcome temptation? The hard battles that ascetics gave against sexual temptations, as depicted in two collections of early Byzantine tales, is the subject of this blog post.By Dr. Wiebke-Marie Stock, University of Bonn, Germany/University of Notre Dame, USA
What is beautiful can attract and enchant us, it can uplift us, but it can also distract. It is, therefore, by no means clear whether the beautiful should play a role within the realm of the divine. This text discusses how ideas of beauty were championed or censured by philosophers and theologians.