Taming the (Super)Natural: Negotiating and Appropriating the Powers of Heaven and Hades in Late Medieval Eastern Christian Monasticism

2022
Authors
Đorđević, Jakov
Contributors
Vicelja Matijašić, MarinaGerm, Tine
Prijatelj Pavičić, Ivana
Erdeljan, Jelena
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Center for Iconographic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka
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Medieval Christian monasticism cultivated a particular kind of environmental imagination. The monastic vocation being devised as a spiritual path of redemption and inner cleansing often referenced the fall of Adam and Eve and the loss of the Garden of Eden. Therefore, nature was conceptually framed between the tamed habitation and the hostile wilderness. This paper discusses monastic environmental engagement in the context of the creation of a sacred place. Special attention is devoted to the relations between humans and nature as seen from the perspective of post-humanism and ecocritical theory. Hence, the paper is concerned with three particular issues: 1) the cleansing and sacralization of the landscape by ascetic endeavors; 2) the reaffirmation of the harmonious order; 3) the monastic attitude toward carnivorous beasts.
Keywords:
sacred landscape / monastic environmental imagination / animals / post-humanism / queer ecocriticism / Peter of Koriša / Dečani MonasterySource:
Art and Nature, 2022, 29-48Publisher:
- Center for Iconographic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka
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Istorija umetnosti / History of ArtTY - CHAP AU - Đorđević, Jakov PY - 2022 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4419 AB - Medieval Christian monasticism cultivated a particular kind of environmental imagination. The monastic vocation being devised as a spiritual path of redemption and inner cleansing often referenced the fall of Adam and Eve and the loss of the Garden of Eden. Therefore, nature was conceptually framed between the tamed habitation and the hostile wilderness. This paper discusses monastic environmental engagement in the context of the creation of a sacred place. Special attention is devoted to the relations between humans and nature as seen from the perspective of post-humanism and ecocritical theory. Hence, the paper is concerned with three particular issues: 1) the cleansing and sacralization of the landscape by ascetic endeavors; 2) the reaffirmation of the harmonious order; 3) the monastic attitude toward carnivorous beasts. PB - Center for Iconographic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka T2 - Art and Nature T1 - Taming the (Super)Natural: Negotiating and Appropriating the Powers of Heaven and Hades in Late Medieval Eastern Christian Monasticism EP - 48 SP - 29 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4419 ER -
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Đorđević, J.. (2022). Taming the (Super)Natural: Negotiating and Appropriating the Powers of Heaven and Hades in Late Medieval Eastern Christian Monasticism. in Art and Nature Center for Iconographic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka., 29-48. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4419
Đorđević J. Taming the (Super)Natural: Negotiating and Appropriating the Powers of Heaven and Hades in Late Medieval Eastern Christian Monasticism. in Art and Nature. 2022;:29-48. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4419 .
Đorđević, Jakov, "Taming the (Super)Natural: Negotiating and Appropriating the Powers of Heaven and Hades in Late Medieval Eastern Christian Monasticism" in Art and Nature (2022):29-48, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4419 .