Nils Holger Petersen

July 30, 2021

Medieval Rituals, the Arts, and the Notion of Medievalism

By Nils Holger Petersen

In principle, aesthetic evaluation is not essential for judging the successfulness of rituals. The aesthetic value of song, however, was instrumental for the function of medieval liturgical rituals. Elements of these, gradually received into the modern arts, question the distinction between the medieval and medievalism.