Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Pages: 199-19+

Journal: Saeculum

Volume number: 71

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0080-5319

eISSN: 2194-4075

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.7788/saec.2021.71.2.199

Publisher: Verlag Karl Alber

Abstract: 
This article analyzes the meaning of sacred space in selected works by Walahfrid Strabo, drawing particular attention to the depiction of a church dedication in a passage of his Vita Galli.Besides the hagiographic source focused on here, attention is also given to Walahfrid's Libellus de exordiis et incrementis quarundam in observationibus ecclesiasticis rerum.Through an intertextual approach, this article examines the significance and implications of sacred space in Walahfrid's texts.In the first step, Walahfrid's texts are analyzed in their historical context.Here, the process of the church dedication and therefore the creation of sacred space in the Vita Galli are central.On this basis, the article focuses on questions concerning the concept of sacred space, asking for its deeper contents and implications in Walahfrid's works by integrating a concept of historical spatial analysis. In doing so, methodological aspects are duly considered.It is shown that sacred space in the examined works of Walahfrid incorporates contemporary discourses and is of didactic value. The sacred space is also the environment where correctio is realized, and where the development and representation of Christian identity take place.

Harvard Citation style: Stadelmaier, C. (2021) Sacred Space and Its Implications in the Works of Walahfrid Strabo, Saeculum, 71(2), pp. 199-19+. https://doi.org/10.7788/saec.2021.71.2.199

APA Citation style: Stadelmaier, C. (2021). Sacred Space and Its Implications in the Works of Walahfrid Strabo. Saeculum. 71(2), 199-19+. https://doi.org/10.7788/saec.2021.71.2.199