Holiness at the borders of the Latin Christianity

中世纪史子项目旨在分析和比较不同边境地区的神圣化进程。在这方面，它涉及由西方和希腊东正教信仰的基督徒以及伊斯兰团体主导的意大利南部地区，伊比利亚半岛(711年后主要在穆斯林统治下)以及中东，在那里伊斯兰教和希腊东正教盛行，直到十字军东征在拉丁基督教中产生了圣地的新概念。这项研究包括与地域相关的祭祀方面的研究，以及包括时间、传统和价值维度在内的祭祀概念的动态。工作步骤从分析所谓的“边疆圣人”的神圣化到神圣化的地点和时间的概念，而最后一部分则引起人们对十字军东征期间殉难的不同看法的关注。

The sub-project of Medieval History aims at analyzing and comparing processes of sacralization in different border areas. In this context it deals with the region of Southern Italy dominated by Christians of Western and Greek Orthodox creed as well as Islamic groups, with the Iberian Peninsula (predominantly under Muslim rule after 711) as well as with the Middle East, where Islam and the Greek Orthodox Church were prevailing until the crusades gave rise to a new concept of a sacred region in Latin Christianity. The research comprises the study of the aspect of sacrality tied to the regions and the dynamics of sacral concepts including the dimensions of time, tradition and valuation. The working steps lead from analyzing the sacralization of so called “border saints” to concepts of sacralised places and times whereas the last part draws attention to different perceptions of martyrdom during the crusades.