The Carolingian Debate over Sacred Space

Samuel W. Collins is Assistant Professor of History at George Mason University.

Contents List of Illustrations Introduction An Asylum Seeker at the Shrine of St. Martin Christianity and Sacred Places in Antiquity The Study of Place in Modern Historiography Insular sources for a Carolingian Debate Temple and Church in Bede's Exegesis Topography of Holy Places in the Collectio canonum Hibernensis Amalarius of Metz and the Meaning of Place The Early Career of Amalarius Amalarius and Liturgical Exegesis Amalarius and his Opponents Topography and Meaning in Carolingian Monastic Thought The Plan of St. Gall The Commentaries on the Benedictine Rule of Smaragdus of St. Mihiel and Hildemar of Corbie Place, Penance, and Asylum in Alcuin's Tours The Argument of the Letters Theodulf on Sin, Penance, and the Topography of Churches Alcuin and the Meaning of Penance Conclusion: Two Churches Bibliography