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The Late Medieval Cult of the Saints: Universal Developments within Local Contexts book cover

1st Edition

The Late Medieval Cult of the Saints Universal Developments within Local Contexts

By Carmen Florea Copyright 2022
346 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

346 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

346 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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 characterized Transylvania between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, the study considers how the cults of saints functioned within specific local social and cultural contexts. Analyzing case studies from a multi-ethnic region influenced by... Read more

Introduction

1. … For Those Diligent Servants of God and His Saints … The Transylvanian Episcopate and the Cult of the Saints

The Apparition of St. Michael

Universal Growth

Local Developments

Artisans of Dynastic Cults

Sainted Women and Their Devotees

The Golden Age of Late Medieval Sainthood

2. Competing Cults in Late Medieval Transylvania: The Mendicant Case

Multiplication

Adaptability

… and the Challenges of Innovation

3. The Dynamic of Saintly Patronage

Die Kwnígen Maria

Civic Promotion of Sainthood in Corona

A Distant Patron Saint

Urban Identity and Parish Patronage: The Criss-Crossing

Conclusion

Biography

Carmen Florea is a lecturer in the Department of Medieval, Early Modern and Art History, Faculty of History and Philosophy at Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania.

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