Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages

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Lucy Donkin, "Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages"
English | ISBN: 1501751123 | 2022 | 504 pages | PDF | 20 MB
Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages illuminates how the floor surface shaped the ways in which people in medieval western Europe and beyond experienced sacred spaces.

The ground beneath our feet plays a crucial, yet often overlooked, role in our relationship with the environments we inhabit and the spaces with which we interact. By focusing on this surface as a point of encounter, Lucy Donkin positions it within a series of vertically stacked layers―the earth itself, permanent and temporary floor coverings, and the bodies of the living above ground and the dead beneath―providing new perspectives on how sacred space was defined and decorated, including the veneration of holy footprints, consecration ceremonies, and the demarcation of certain places for particular activities.
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