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Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland

Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise
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Clonmacnoise was among the busiest, most economically complex, and intensely sacred places in early medieval Ireland. In Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland: Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise, John Soderberg argues that animals are the key to understanding Clonmacnoise's development as a thriving settlement and a sacred space. At this sanctuary city on the River Shannon, animal bodies were an essential source of food and raw materials and were also depicted extensively on religious objects. Drawing from new theories about the intersections between religion and economics, John Soderberg explores how transformations emerging from animal encounters made Clonmacnoise a sacred settlement and created the sacred bodies of early medieval Ireland.
John Soderberg is visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Denison University.
Chapter 1: Enclosure, Cattle, and Sanctuary Cities in Early Medieval Ireland Chapter 2: Excavating Clonmacnoise Chapter 3: Grounding the Archaeology of Religion Chapter 4: Animals and the Rise of Clonmacnoise Chapter 5: Animals, Tabernacles, and Towns: The Iconography of Sanctuary Chapter 6: The Animals of Clonmacnoise in a New Millennium
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