Reconciling Disturbed Sacred Space: The Ordo for ‘reconciling an altar where a murder has been committed’ in the Sacramentary of Gellone in its cultural context

R.M.J. Meens

doi:10.5040/9781350048416.ch-009

Reconciling Disturbed Sacred Space: The Ordo for ‘reconciling an altar where a murder has been committed’ in the Sacramentary of Gellone in its cultural context

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Gregory of Tours speaks several times about violence committed in churches, but almost never tells us what this meant for the conception of the space of a church. We know there existed a ritual of reconciliation for an altar that had been defiled by bloodshed in the eighth century when it was recorded in the Sacramentary of Gellone. This text will be the focus of this article and its examination sheds more light on the meaning and significance of this specific rite, its origin and comparable rituals in the Mediterranean world of the early Middle Ages.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Merovingian Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World. Revisiting the Sources
Subtitle of host publication	Revisiting the Sources
Editors	Stefan Esders, Yitzhak Hen, Pia Bockius, Tamar Rotman
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Bloomsbury
Chapter	9
Pages	103-112
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781350048409
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350048416.ch-009
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2019

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Meens, R. M. J. (2019). Reconciling Disturbed Sacred Space: The Ordo for ‘reconciling an altar where a murder has been committed’ in the Sacramentary of Gellone in its cultural context. In S. Esders, Y. Hen, P. Bockius, & T. Rotman (Eds.), The Merovingian Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World. Revisiting the Sources : Revisiting the Sources (pp. 103-112). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350048416.ch-009

Meens, R.M.J. / Reconciling Disturbed Sacred Space : The Ordo for ‘reconciling an altar where a murder has been committed’ in the Sacramentary of Gellone in its cultural context. The Merovingian Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World. Revisiting the Sources : Revisiting the Sources . editor / Stefan Esders ; Yitzhak Hen ; Pia Bockius ; Tamar Rotman. London : Bloomsbury, 2019. pp. 103-112

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Reconciling Disturbed Sacred Space: The Ordo for ‘reconciling an altar where a murder has been committed’ in the Sacramentary of Gellone in its cultural context. / Meens, R.M.J.
The Merovingian Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World. Revisiting the Sources : Revisiting the Sources . ed. / Stefan Esders; Yitzhak Hen; Pia Bockius; Tamar Rotman. London: Bloomsbury, 2019. p. 103-112.

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Meens RMJ. Reconciling Disturbed Sacred Space: The Ordo for ‘reconciling an altar where a murder has been committed’ in the Sacramentary of Gellone in its cultural context. In Esders S, Hen Y, Bockius P, Rotman T, editors, The Merovingian Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World. Revisiting the Sources : Revisiting the Sources . London: Bloomsbury. 2019. p. 103-112 doi: 10.5040/9781350048416.ch-009

Reconciling Disturbed Sacred Space: The Ordo for ‘reconciling an altar where a murder has been committed’ in the Sacramentary of Gellone in its cultural context

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