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Law, medicine, and engineering in the cult of the saints in counter-Reformation Rome : the hagiographical works of Antonio Gallonio, 1556-1605 /
This book shows how the sixteenth-century priest Antonio Gallonio engaged with law, medicine and engineering, to draw attention to saintly virtues. It exposes the tensions between a theocratic clergy and the self-assertion of secular professionals in the Italian Counter-Reformation.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
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Boston :
Brill,
2014.
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| Colección: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ;
volume 178. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Chapter One Introduction; 1.1 Gallonio and the Oratory; 1.2 Social Discipline and Intellectual History; 1.3 Working Method; 1.4 Vero figliuolo del nostro Padre; Chapter Two Hagiography and Historiography; 2.1 Hagiography and Historia sacra; 2.2 Gallonio's Sources; 2.3 The Christian History of the Oratorians; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter Three Judicial Proceedings and Malicious Torture; 3.1 Canonization Process; 3.2 Confessors; 3.3 Martyrs; 3.4 Conclusion; Chapter Four Health and Holiness; 4.1 Spiritual and Physical Health.
- 4.2 Gallonio and the Physicians4.3 The Body of the Saint; 4.4 Conclusion; Chapter Five Martyrological Technology; 5.1 Nobility, Emblems, Machinery; 5.2 Technical Operation; 5.3 Illustration; 5.4 Conclusion; Chapter Six Collecting Material about Saints; 6.1 Collection; 6.2 Classification; 6.3 Presentation; 6.4 Conclusion; Chapter Seven Epilogue; Bibliography; Works by Antonio Gallonio; Primary Sources; Secondary Works; Index of Names; Index of Places; Index of Subjects.