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Cult of Thomas Becket
History and Historiography through Eight Centuries
Häftad, 2020
733 kr
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On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated throughout Europe, generating a widespread cult which endured until the reign of Henry VIII in the sixteenth century, and engendering a fascination …
Late Medieval Cult of the Saints
Universal Developments within Local Contexts
Inbunden, 2021
2504 kr
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This is a book that explores the nature of sainthood in a region at the margins of medieval Latin Christendom. Defining the model of sanctity that characterized Transylvania between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, the study considers how the cults of saints functioned within specific local …
Late Medieval Cult of the Saints
Universal Developments within Local Contexts
Häftad, 2023
646 kr
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This is a book that explores the nature of sainthood in a region at the margins of medieval Latin Christendom. Defining the model of sanctity that characterized Transylvania between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, the study considers how the cults of saints functioned within specific local …
Peter Paul Rubens and the Counter-Reformation Crisis of the Beati moderni
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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Peter Paul Rubens and the Crisis of the Beati Moderni takes up the question of the issues involved in the formation of recent saints - or Beati moderni (modern Blesseds) as they were called - by the Jesuits and Oratorians in the new environment of increased strictures and censorship that developed …
Saints as Intercessors between the Wealthy and the Divine
Art and Hagiography among the Medieval Merchant Classes
Av Emily Kelley, Cynthia Turner Camp
Häftad, 2021
704 kr
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Offering snapshots of mercantile devotion to saints in different regions, this volume is the first to ask explicitly how merchants invoked saints, and why. Despite medieval and modern stereotypes of merchants as godless and avaricious, medieval traders were highly devout – and rightly so. Overseas …
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Hagiographical Strategies
A Comparative Study of the Standard Lives of St. Francis and Milarepa
Häftad, 2019
704 kr
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This book examines the potential of conducting studies in comparative hagiology, through parallel literary and historical analyses of spiritual life writings pertaining to distinct religious contexts. In particular, it focuses on a comparative analysis of the early sources on the medieval Christian …
Cult of St. Anne in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Häftad, 2019
704 kr
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Dr Jennifer Welsh received her M.A. in Medieval Studies from Cornell University in 2000, and her M.A. and PhD in History from Duke University in 2004 and 2009. Her dissertation dealt with the cult of St. Anne in late medieval and early modern Europe. After four years as a Visiting Assistant …
Saints as Intercessors between the Wealthy and the Divine
Art and Hagiography among the Medieval Merchant Classes
Av Emily Kelley, Cynthia Turner Camp
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
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Offering snapshots of mercantile devotion to saints in different regions, this volume is the first to ask explicitly how merchants invoked saints, and why. Despite medieval and modern stereotypes of merchants as godless and avaricious, medieval traders were highly devout – and rightly so. Overseas …
New Saints in Late-Mediaeval Venice, 1200–1500
A Typological Study
Häftad, 2021
706 kr
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This book focuses on the comparatively unknown cults of new saints in late-mediaeval Venice. These new saints were near-contemporary citizens who were venerated by their compatriots without official sanction from the papacy. In doing so, the book uncovers a sub-culture of religious expression that …
Saints and Sanctity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Striving for remembrance
Av Alexandre Coello de la Rosa, Linda G. Jones
Häftad, 2021
706 kr
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A common objective of saint veneration in all three Abrahamic religions is the recovery and perpetuation of the collective memory of the saint. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all yield intriguing similarities and differences in their respective conceptions of sanctity. This edited collection …
Counter-Reformation Sanctity in Global and Material Perspective
Inbunden, 2024
2504 kr
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This book explores the making of saints’ cults in the early modern world from an interdisciplinary perspective, considering the entangled roles of materiality and globalization processes. It brings together work across diverse media, objects, and materials as well as communities, cultures, and …
Counter-Reformation Sanctity in Global and Material Perspective
Häftad, 2026
704 kr
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This book explores the making of saints’ cults in the early modern world from an interdisciplinary perspective, considering the entangled roles of materiality and globalization processes. It brings together work across diverse media, objects, and materials as well as communities, cultures, and …
Cult of Thomas Becket
History and Historiography through Eight Centuries
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated throughout Europe, generating a widespread cult which endured until the reign of Henry VIII in the sixteenth century, and engendering a fascination …
Saints and Sanctity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Striving for remembrance
Av Alexandre Coello de la Rosa, Linda G. Jones
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A common objective of saint veneration in all three Abrahamic religions is the recovery and perpetuation of the collective memory of the saint. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all yield intriguing similarities and differences in their respective conceptions of sanctity. This edited collection …
New Saints in Late-Mediaeval Venice, 1200–1500
A Typological Study
Inbunden, 2019
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book focuses on the comparatively unknown cults of new saints in late-mediaeval Venice. These new saints were near-contemporary citizens who were venerated by their compatriots without official sanction from the papacy. In doing so, the book uncovers a sub-culture of religious expression that …
Cult of St. Anne in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2016
2736 kr
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Dr Jennifer Welsh received her M.A. in Medieval Studies from Cornell University in 2000, and her M.A. and PhD in History from Duke University in 2004 and 2009. Her dissertation dealt with the cult of St. Anne in late medieval and early modern Europe. After four years as a Visiting Assistant …
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Hagiographical Strategies
A Comparative Study of the Standard Lives of St. Francis and Milarepa
Inbunden, 2017
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the potential of conducting studies in comparative hagiology, through parallel literary and historical analyses of spiritual life writings pertaining to distinct religious contexts. In particular, it focuses on a comparative analysis of the early sources on the medieval Christian …
Peter Paul Rubens and the Counter-Reformation Crisis of the Beati moderni
Inbunden, 2017
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Peter Paul Rubens and the Crisis of the Beati Moderni takes up the question of the issues involved in the formation of recent saints - or Beati moderni (modern Blesseds) as they were called - by the Jesuits and Oratorians in the new environment of increased strictures and censorship that developed …
Saints, Sanctity, and Crisis in Medieval and Early Modern Hagiography
Inbunden, 2026
2703 kr
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This book explores the relationship between sanctity and crisis in the medieval and early modern periods in a European context, revealing the multifaceted roles of holy figures in times of personal, collective, environmental, political, and sociocultural upheaval.It offers a nuanced understanding …
