| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
The Medieval Mediterranean,
0928-5520 ;
volume 129
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| Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University College, London, 2017, under the title: Localising collective devotion : the Bianchi of 1399 at Lucca and Pistoia. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Politics and plague -- Origin stories -- Continuing momentum -- Regulations for a revival -- Lay religious practices -- Civic religion and religious spaces -- Civic religion and communal support -- Legacy. |
| Summary |
"Providing new insights into the Bianchi devotions, a medieval popular religious revival which responded to an outbreak of plague at the turn of the fifteenth century, this book takes a comparative, local and regional approach to the Bianchi, challenging traditional presentations of the movement as homogeneous whole. Combining a rich collection of textual, visual, and material sources, the study focuses on the two Tuscan towns of Lucca and Pistoia. Alexandra R.A. Lee demonstrates how the Bianchi processions in central Italy were moulded by secular and ecclesiastical authorities and shaped by local traditions as they attempted to prevent an epidemic"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bianchi (Italian religious movement) -- Italy, Central.
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Italy, Central -- Religious life and customs.
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Bianchi (Italian religious movement) |
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Italy -- Italy, Central |
| Genre/Form |
Electric books.
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| Added Title |
Localising collective devotion
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Alexandra R. A. Bianchi of 1399 in central Italy Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9789004465985 (DLC) 2021019777 |
| ISBN |
9004466134 |
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9789004466135 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004465985 (hardback) |
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