Peter Paul Rubens and the Counter-Reformation Crisis of the Beati Moderni

Ruth S Noyes

• Hardcover | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• 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 modern... Lees meer

New Saints in Late-Mediaeval Venice, 1200-1500

Karen E McCluskey

• Hardcover | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• This book focuses on the comparatively unknown cults of new saints in late-mediaeval Venice. These new saints were near-contemporary citizens who were... Lees meer

The Cult of St. Anne in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Jennifer Welsh

• Paperback | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• 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 ... Lees meer

The Cult of Thomas Becket

Kay Brainerd Slocum

• Hardcover | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• This book contributes to the lengthy debate surrounding the saint by providing a historiographical analysis of the major themes in Becket scholarship,... Lees meer

The Late Medieval Cult of the Saints

Carmen Florea

• Paperback | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• The Cult of the Saints in Late Medieval Transylvania explores the nature of sainthood in a region at the margins of medieval Latin Christendom. Lees meer

Saints as Intercessors Between the Wealthy and the Divine

• Paperback | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• Offering snapshots of mercantile devotion to saints in different regions, this volume is the first to ask explicitly how merchants invoked saints, and... Lees meer

The Late Medieval Cult of the Saints

Carmen Florea

• Hardcover | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• 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 cha... Lees meer

Saints and Sanctity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

• Paperback | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• A common objective of saint veneration in all three Abrahamic religions is the recovery and perpetuation of the collective memory of the saint. Christ... Lees meer

The Cult of St. Anne in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Jennifer Welsh

• Hardcover | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• Emerging in the early centuries of Christianity, St. Anne - mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus - become an increasingly popular figure in late me... Lees meer

New Saints in Late-Mediaeval Venice, 1200-1500

Karen E McCluskey

• Paperback | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• This book focuses on the comparatively unknown cults of new saints in late-mediaeval Venice. These new saints were near-contemporary citizens who were... Lees meer

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Hagiographical Strategies

Massimo A Rondolino

• Hardcover | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• This book examines the potential of conducting studies in comparative hagiology, through parallel literary and historical analyses of spiritual life w... Lees meer

Saints and Sanctity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

• Hardcover | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• A common objective of saint veneration in all three Abrahamic religions is the recovery and perpetuation of the collective memory of the saint. Christ... Lees meer

Peter Paul Rubens and the Counter-Reformation Crisis of the Beati Moderni

Ruth S Noyes

• Paperback | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• 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 modern... Lees meer

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Hagiographical Strategies

Massimo A Rondolino

• Paperback | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• In this book, Massimo Rondolino shows how in the social and religious contexts of both 1200s Italy and 1400s Tibet, narratives of the lives, deeds and... Lees meer

The Cult of Thomas Becket

Kay Brainerd Slocum

• Paperback | Engels | Sanctity in Global Perspective
• On 29 December, 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was brutally murdered in his own cathedral. News of the event was rapidly disseminated ... Lees meer