The Invention of Saintliness
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415862949
ISBN-13
9780415862943
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 8th, 2015
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
340 grams
Product Classification:
Medieval historySocial & cultural history
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This volume discusses, from an historical and literary angle, the ways in which sanctification and the inscription of saintliness take place.
This volume discusses, from an historical and literary angle, the ways in which sanctification and the inscription of saintliness take place. Going beyond the traditional categories of canonization, cult, liturgical veneration and hagiographical lives, the work raises fundamental issues concerning definitions of saints and saintliness in a period before the concept was crystallized in canon law. As well as discussing sources and methodology, contributions cover contextual issues, including relics and veneration, life and the afterlife, and examinations of specific sources and texts. Subjects raised include the idea of hagiography as intimate biography, perceptions of holiness in writings by and about female mystics, and bodily aspects of the Franciscan search for evangelical perfection.
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