| Description |
1 online resource (x, 222 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture
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Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Contexts : the cult of saints and the invention of saintliness -- pt. 3. Texts : the lives of saints and the invention of saintliness. |
| Summary |
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 r. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sanctification -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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| Chronological Term |
600-1500 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Invention of saintliness. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2002069850 |
| ISBN |
0203166000 (electronic book) |
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9780203166000 (electronic book) |
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9780415267595 |
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0415267595 |
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9786610182008 |
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6610182000 |
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0415267595 (Cloth) |
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