Holy Fire and Holy Sepulchre : Ritual and Space in Jerusalem from the Ninth to the Fourteenth Centuries

Jotischky, Andrew (2011) Holy Fire and Holy Sepulchre : Ritual and Space in Jerusalem from the Ninth to the Fourteenth Centuries. In: Ritual and Space in the Middle Ages : proceedings of the 2009 Harlaxton Symposium. Shaun Tyas, Donington, pp. 44-60. ISBN 9781907730092

Abstract

This paper examines the holy fire ritual as reported and understood by Muslim, Greek Orthodox and Latin witnesses from mid 9th to mid 14th centuries, with particular reference to the wider context of indigenous Christian spiritual identities in the Holy Land and Latin-indigenous relations.