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The invention of saintliness /

This volume discusses, from an historical and literary angle, the ways in which sanctification and the inscription of saintliness take place. Going beyond the traditional categories of canonization, cult, liturgical veneration and hagiographical lives, the work raises fundamental issues concerning d...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Series:Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Introduction
  • pt. 2. Contexts : the cult of saints and the invention of saintliness
  • pt. 3. Texts : the lives of saints and the invention of saintliness.