1st Edition
The Sacralization of Space and Behavior in the Early Modern World Studies and Sources
Introduction: ‘Piously made’: sacred space and the transformation of behavior, Jennifer Mara DeSilva; Preventing sloth and preserving the liturgy: organizing sacred space in 16th-century Rome, Jennifer Mara DeSilva. Appendix: the institution of the chaplain (1524) - Archivio Storico del Vicariato, Capitolo SS Celso e Giuliano, vol. 373.; Piety, patronage, and power: funerary sculpture in 16th-century France, Rebecca Constabel; Ritual viewing in the Chapel of Corpus Christi: Bernardino Luini's passion cycle at San Giorgio al Palazzo, Milan, Pamela A.V. Stewart; From Rome to the southern Netherlands: spectacular sceneries to celebrate the canonization of Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, Annick Delfosse; The sanctification of nature in Marian shrines in Catalonia: contextualizing human desires in a Mediterranean cult, Abel A. Alves; The Pope’s two souls and the space of ritual protest during Rome’s Sede Vacante, 1559-1644, John M. Hunt; Defining the sacred in the community: iconoclasm, renewal and remembrance at the Basilica of Saint Martin in Tours, Eric Nelson; Extending the boundaries of the sacred in 17th-century Padua, Celeste McNamara; Churchyard capers: the controversial use of church space for dancing in early modern England, Emily F. Winerock; The imperial horrification of Jesuit frontier sacred space in South America, 1750-67, David Stiles; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Jennifer Mara DeSilva received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is currently an Assistant Professor of History at Ball State University. She is the author of several journal articles exploring the mechanics of family strategy and group identity as well as the nuances and practical realities of ecclesiastical reform. In addition, she is the editor of Episcopal Reform and Politics in Early Modern Europe (Truman State University Press, 2012).
