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090035 VO Lecture in: Early Christian Archaeology (2025S)
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Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- N Thursday 06.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 13.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 20.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 27.03. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 03.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 10.04. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 08.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 15.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 22.05. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 05.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 12.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
- Thursday 26.06. 10:15 - 11:45 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Klassische Archäologie Franz-Klein-Gasse 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Written exam at the end of the course
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The assessment will consider the correct interpretation of various archaeological sources (visual and material) discussed in the lectures.
Examination topics
Students are required to develop the ability to organize knowledge clearly in order to answer exam questions correctly. Minimum vote for positive assessment: 51% of the number of points.
Reading list
Lecture material (power points of the lectures); reading list (see below); additional material on Moodle platform and suggested during the lectures.Bibliography:
R. Barnes, C. Branfoot eds., Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey, Oxford 2006.
D.J. Birch, Pilgrimage to Rome in the Middle Ages: Continuity and Change, Woodbridge 1998.
P. Brown, The Cult of saints: its Rise and Functions in Latin Christianity, Chicago 1981.
J.P. Conant, Europe and the African Cult of Saints circa 350-900: an Essay in Mediterranean Comunications, in Speculum 85/1 (2010), pp. 1-4.
J. Elsner, I. Rutherford, Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity. Seeing the Gods. Oxford 2005.
H. C. Evans (Hrsg.), The Glory of Byzantium. Art and culture of the Middle Byzantine Era A.D. 843-1261, Ausstellungskatalog New York (New York 1997)
H. C. Evans (Hrsg.), Byzantium. Faith and Power (1261-1557), Ausstellungskatalog New York (New York 2004)
D. Frankfurter, Pilgrimage and Holy Spaces in Late Antique Egypt, Leiden 1998.
M. E. Frazer – K. Weitzmann (Hrsg.), Age of Spirituality, Ausstellungskatalog New York (New York 1979)
J. Frings (Hrsg.), Byzanz. Pracht und Alltag, Ausstellungskatalog Bonn (München 2010)
E.D. Hunt, Holy Land Pilgrimage in the Later Roman Empire (AD 312-460), Oxford 1982.
E.D. Hunt, Were there Christian Pilgrims before Constantine? In J. Stopford (ed.), Pilgrimage Explored, Woodbridge 1999, 24-40.
A. Kaldelles, The Christian Parthenon: Classicism and Pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens, Cambridge 2009.
A. Kulzer, Byzantine and early post-Byzantine pilgrimage to the Holy Land and to Mount Sinai in R. Macridis ed., Travel in the Byzantine world, Aldershot, 2002.
R. Ousterhout, Loca Sancta and the Architectural Response to Pilgrimage, in R. Ousterhout (ed.), The Blessings of Pilgrimage, Illinois 1990, 108-124.
J. Wilkinson, Jerusalem Pilgrimage before the Crusaders, Warminster 1977.
J. Wilkinson, Egeria’s travels, London 1971.
G. Vikan, Byzantine Pilgrimage Art, Dumbarton Oaks 1982 (or other editions).
M. Voltaggio, "Xenodochia" and "Hospitia" in Sixth-Century Jerusalem: Indicators for the Byzantine Pilgrimage to the Holy Places, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 127,2 (2011) 197-210.
R. Barnes, C. Branfoot eds., Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey, Oxford 2006.
D.J. Birch, Pilgrimage to Rome in the Middle Ages: Continuity and Change, Woodbridge 1998.
P. Brown, The Cult of saints: its Rise and Functions in Latin Christianity, Chicago 1981.
J.P. Conant, Europe and the African Cult of Saints circa 350-900: an Essay in Mediterranean Comunications, in Speculum 85/1 (2010), pp. 1-4.
J. Elsner, I. Rutherford, Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity. Seeing the Gods. Oxford 2005.
H. C. Evans (Hrsg.), The Glory of Byzantium. Art and culture of the Middle Byzantine Era A.D. 843-1261, Ausstellungskatalog New York (New York 1997)
H. C. Evans (Hrsg.), Byzantium. Faith and Power (1261-1557), Ausstellungskatalog New York (New York 2004)
D. Frankfurter, Pilgrimage and Holy Spaces in Late Antique Egypt, Leiden 1998.
M. E. Frazer – K. Weitzmann (Hrsg.), Age of Spirituality, Ausstellungskatalog New York (New York 1979)
J. Frings (Hrsg.), Byzanz. Pracht und Alltag, Ausstellungskatalog Bonn (München 2010)
E.D. Hunt, Holy Land Pilgrimage in the Later Roman Empire (AD 312-460), Oxford 1982.
E.D. Hunt, Were there Christian Pilgrims before Constantine? In J. Stopford (ed.), Pilgrimage Explored, Woodbridge 1999, 24-40.
A. Kaldelles, The Christian Parthenon: Classicism and Pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens, Cambridge 2009.
A. Kulzer, Byzantine and early post-Byzantine pilgrimage to the Holy Land and to Mount Sinai in R. Macridis ed., Travel in the Byzantine world, Aldershot, 2002.
R. Ousterhout, Loca Sancta and the Architectural Response to Pilgrimage, in R. Ousterhout (ed.), The Blessings of Pilgrimage, Illinois 1990, 108-124.
J. Wilkinson, Jerusalem Pilgrimage before the Crusaders, Warminster 1977.
J. Wilkinson, Egeria’s travels, London 1971.
G. Vikan, Byzantine Pilgrimage Art, Dumbarton Oaks 1982 (or other editions).
M. Voltaggio, "Xenodochia" and "Hospitia" in Sixth-Century Jerusalem: Indicators for the Byzantine Pilgrimage to the Holy Places, Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 127,2 (2011) 197-210.
Association in the course directory
Anrechenbar: im Fachbereich Frühchristliche Archäologie:
im BA: M6, M13;
im MA: PM3, PM4, PM5;
im BA: M6, M13;
im MA: PM3, PM4, PM5;
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