Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	719
Title	Mapping Cultural Geographies between Past and Present: Burials in Early Irish Literature
Date/Time	Tuesday 5 July 2022: 14.15-15.45
Organiser	Sarah Künzler, School of Humanities (Celtic & Gaelic), University of Glasgow
Moderator/Chair	Roan Runge, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Respondent	Brigid Ehrmantraut, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Paper 719-a	'Quis est qui sepultus hic'?: Burials, the Past, and the Present in Medieval Irish Texts (Language: English) Helen Imhoff, Independent Scholar, Hannoversch Münden Index Terms: Hagiography; Language and Literature - Celtic; Language and Literature - Scandinavian
Paper 719-b	Mapping the Future?: Burials in the Lives of Saints from the Book of Lismore (Language: English) Sarah Künzler, School of Humanities (Celtic & Gaelic), University of Glasgow Index Terms: Geography and Settlement Studies; Hagiography; Language and Literature - Celtic
Abstract	References to burials in medieval Irish literature are related to various borderlines: they can be linked to tribal borders, are emblematic of the border between life and death, and they can blur the distinction between the pagan past and the Christian present or future. The papers in this session explore reflective engagements with burials in early Irish texts (and other North Atlantic literatures). This shows that in these literatures, borders can reveal profound human concerns about the spatial organisation of knowledge and social or religious order.