Pillaging Sacred Spaces: Diachronic and Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Internationales Kolleg Morphomata, Universität zu Köln, May 3–4, 2018
While plundering has been an intrinsic part of warfare throughout human history, his workshop will explore the specifi c notion of pillaging sacred space from iachronic and cross-cultural perspectives. How is looting and destroying sacred space negotiated, conceived, and judged within the framework of conquest? Are individual ‘arch-plunderers’ discernible in various ancient and medieval cultures? How should we read accounts of pillaging sacred space? The speakers address these and related questions by analysing the plundering histories of particular sites and by tackling broader cultural trends and infl uences such as economic factors, religious zealotry, and the possibility of creating or enforcing norms.
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