Screen LibraryThe making and unmaking of a saint : hagiography and memory in the cult of gerald of aurillac /
The Making and Unmaking of a Saint traces the rise and fall of devotion to Gerald of Aurillac through a millennium, from his death in the tenth century to the attempt to reinvigorate his cult in the nineteenth century.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The middle ages series
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| Summary: |
The Making and Unmaking of a Saint traces the rise and fall of devotion to Gerald of Aurillac through a millennium, from his death in the tenth century to the attempt to reinvigorate his cult in the nineteenth century. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 34 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812208894 |
| Index Number: | BX4700 |
| CLC: | B979 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on names -- Maps 1 and 2 -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Prolegomenon on the Dating and Authorship of the Writings about Gerald of Aurillac -- Chapter 2. The First Saint Gerald -- Chapter 3. The Second Saint Gerald -- Chapter 4. Saint Gerald and the Swell of History -- Chapter 5. Saint Gerald and the Ebb of History -- Chapter 6. The Modern Cult of Saint Gerald -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Translation of the Vita sancti Geraldi brevior -- Appendix 2. The Manuscripts of the Vita Geraldi -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |