1st Edition
The Cults of Sainte Foy and the Cultural Work of Saints
By Kathleen Ashley
Copyright 2021
226 Pages
81 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
81 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
81 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Bringing together artifacts, texts, and practices within an interpretive framework that stresses the cultural work performed by saints, Kathleen Ashley presents a comparative study of the cults of the medieval Sainte Foy at a number of the sites where she was especially venerated.
This book analyzes how each cult site produced the saint it needed, appropriating or creating whatever was required... Read more
Introduction : appropriation and the cultural work of saints 1 Conques: creation of a ritual center 2 Sainte Foy and ecclesiastical agendas 3 The saint as patron of individuals 4 Celebrating noble patronage of Foy’s cults 5 The saint in popular piety
Biography
Kathleen Ashley is Professor of English (Emerita) at the University of Southern Maine, USA.
