Saints And Cities In Medieval Italy

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Saints And Cities In Medieval Italy

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-01

Saints And Cities In Medieval Italy written by and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.

The saints’ Lives in this book were written in Italy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Here translated into English and in full for the first time, they shed light on the ways in which both lay men and women sought God in the urban environment, and how they were understood and described by contemporaries. Only one of these saints (Homobonus of Cremona) was formally canonised by the Pope: the others were locally venerated within the communities which had nurtured them. Raimondo Palmario of Piacenza, contemporary with Homobonus, was remembered as both pilgrim and a vigorous exponent of practical charity. The nobleman Andrea Gallerani of Siena turned from a life of violence to good works, while another Sienese, the holy comb-seller Pier Pettinaio, exemplified the godly business man who insisted on the just price and on paying his taxes. Two very different women are included: Umiliana de’Cerchi of Florence, a widow with children, and the ‘servant-saint’ Zita of Lucca. The last of the Lives contains a bishop's account of how the cult of the humble Rigo was launched in Treviso in 1315. The book will welcomed by students and other readers interested in medieval Italian cities during this period of growth and vitality, and in how the religious life was lived in urban settings.

Patrons And Defenders Saints In The Italian City State

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Author : DIANA. WEBB
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2021-01-28

Patrons And Defenders Saints In The Italian City State written by DIANA. WEBB and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-28 with categories.

The Lay Saint

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Author : Mary Harvey Doyno
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-10-15

The Lay Saint written by Mary Harvey Doyno and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-15 with History categories.

In The Lay Saint, Mary Harvey Doyno investigates the phenomenon of saintly cults that formed around pious merchants, artisans, midwives, domestic servants, and others in the medieval communes of northern and central Italy. Drawing on a wide array of sources—vitae documenting their saintly lives and legends, miracle books, religious art, and communal records—Doyno uses the rise of and tensions surrounding these civic cults to explore medieval notions of lay religiosity, charismatic power, civic identity, and the church's authority in this period. Although claims about laymen's and laywomen's miraculous abilities challenged the church's expanding political and spiritual dominion, both papal and civic authorities, Doyno finds, vigorously promoted their cults. She shows that this support was neither a simple reflection of the extraordinary lay religious zeal that marked late medieval urban life nor of the Church's recognition of that enthusiasm. Rather, the history of lay saints' cults powerfully illustrates the extent to which lay Christians embraced the vita apostolic—the ideal way of life as modeled by the Apostles—and of the church's efforts to restrain and manage such claims.

Patron Saints Of Early Medieval Italy Ad C 350 800 Ad

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Durham Medieval and Renaissanc
Release Date : 2016-12-27

Patron Saints Of Early Medieval Italy Ad C 350 800 Ad written by and has been published by Durham Medieval and Renaissanc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-27 with History categories.

This book provides the first translation into English of the Latin biographies of nine holy men and one archangel who became the patron saints of the areas where they evangelized, documenting the conversion of pagan Roman Italy to Christianity at the dawn of the Middle Ages. These Lives or Passions recorded for early medieval audiences the difficulties their local patron saints encountered in promoting the new religion, and their sufferings at the hands of resistant pagans and Roman authorities -- ordeals that qualified these saints as special protectors or guardians over their cities or regions. Full of tales of courage, torture, assistant angels, mischievous devils, dragons, and monsters, these earliest Lives also served as literary and devotional touchstones for later elaborations, medieval and modern, on the saints? lives, careers, and cults. With a comprehensive introduction and historical commentary to each biography, Patron Saints of Early Medieval Italy provides new evidence for understanding the transition from the ancient Roman world to the Middle Ages. In assessing the technical problems relating to the origin and date of composition of each text, Patron Saints also contributes to redeeming these valuable but neglected sources for the history of medieval Italy. It also discusses the historical and literary significance of these biographies within the contexts of hagiography as a literary genre and early medieval religious life.

Rediscovering Sainthood In Italy

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Author : Edward M. Schoolman
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-08-31

Rediscovering Sainthood In Italy written by Edward M. Schoolman and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-31 with Religion categories.

Beginning with Saint Barbatianus, a fifth-century wonderworking monk and confessor to the Empress Galla Placidia, this book focuses on the changes in the religious landscape of Ravenna, a former capital of the Late Roman Empire, through the Middle Ages. During this period, written stories about saints and their relics not only offered guidance and solace but were also used by those living among the ruins of a once great city—particularly its archbishops, monks, and the urban aristocracy—to reflect on its past glory. This practice remained important to the citizens of Ravenna as they came to terms with the city’s revival and renewed relevance in the tenth century under Ottonian rule. In using the vita of Barbatianus as a central text, Edward M. Schoolman explores how saints and sanctity were created and ultimately came to influence complex political and social networks, from the Late Roman Empire to the High Middle Ages.

The Towns Of Italy In The Later Middle Ages

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Author : Trevor Dean
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-01

The Towns Of Italy In The Later Middle Ages written by Trevor Dean and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.

The towns of Italy in the later Middle Ages presents over one hundred fascinating documents, carefully selected and coordinated from the richest, most innovative and most documented society of the European Middle Ages.

Cities And Society In Medieval Italy

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Author : David Herlihy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980

Cities And Society In Medieval Italy written by David Herlihy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.

Sanctity And Pilgrimage In Medieval Southern Italy 1000 1200

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Author : Paul Oldfield
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-30

Sanctity And Pilgrimage In Medieval Southern Italy 1000 1200 written by Paul Oldfield and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-30 with History categories.

This book integrates the analysis of sanctity with that of pilgrimage, offering important new insights into society, cross-cultural interaction and faith.

Cities Of God

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Author : Augustine Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01

Cities Of God written by Augustine Thompson and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Religion categories.

When religion is considered, the subjects are usually saints, heretics, theologians, and religious leaders, thereby ignoring the vast majority of those who lived in the communes. Drawing on many ecclesiastical and secular sources, this book aims to give a voice to the majority - orthodox lay people and those who ministered to them.

Pilgrimage In Medieval England

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Author : Diana Webb
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2007-04-10

Pilgrimage In Medieval England written by Diana Webb and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-10 with History categories.

Diana Webbexamines many pilgrimages and cults, and their rise and fall over the English middle ages.