Cargando…

The saints : a short history /

The Saints examines the history, traditions, and cultural impact of the saints. Looking at their origins and the cultural definition of saints and sanctity, Yarrow moves on to consider interpretations of saints in literature and art, and the role gender plays in sainthood.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yarrow, Simon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: OXFORD : OXFORD University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 EBSCO_ocn958412906
003 OCoLC
005 20231017213018.0
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||||||
008 160916s2016 enk o 000 0 eng d
040 |a YDX  |b eng  |e pn  |c YDX  |d N$T  |d EBLCP  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCQ  |d IDB  |d QCL  |d IVG  |d UAB  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ  |d EZ9  |d OCLCQ  |d YDX  |d UKAHL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ 
020 |a 0191087203  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780191087202  |q (electronic bk.) 
035 |a (OCoLC)958412906 
050 4 |a BR1710 
055 8 |a BX2325  |b .Y37 2016 
072 7 |a LIT  |x 004120  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 828.092/2  |2 23 
049 |a UAMI 
100 1 |a Yarrow, Simon. 
245 1 4 |a The saints :  |b a short history /  |c Simon Yarrow. 
260 |a OXFORD :  |b OXFORD University Press,  |c 2016. 
300 |a 1 online resource 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
505 0 |a Cover; The Saints: A Short History; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; 1: Introduction; Superheroes, Heroes, and Saints; The Logic of Sainthood; Where Does Sanctity Come From?; 2: Inventing the Saints; A Community of Saints; St Paul; The Lives of the Early Saints; Persecution and Martyrdom; Early Christian Martyrdoms; Meanings of Martyrdom; Fourth-century Christian Martyrdom: The Ecstasy and the Agony; Eastern Christians in Persia; Donatism; Asceticism, Monasticism, and Eremeticism; Stylites, Fools, and Hermits; St Antony; Monks. 
505 8 |a Frumentius, Nino, Severinus, Patrick, and Martin3: Saints in the Middle Ages; After Empire and Before 'Europe', c.500-1000; Criticism of Cult; Into the Fold; Frankia; Carolingian Reform of the Cult of Saints; The Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Churches; Emperors and Saints; The Iconoclast Controversy; A New Voice and an Old Silence; Saints in Latin Christendom, c.1000-1500; The Peace Movement, Pilgrimage, and Crusade; Mendicant Saints; Papal Canonization; The Vernacularization of Cult; 4: Early Modern Sainthood; Continuity and Change; Saints and the Reformation; Iconoclasm. 
505 8 |a The Reformation MartyrsThe Catholic Reformation and Saints; 5: Gendering the Saints; In Spite of Their Sex; Bodies, the Life Cycle, Gender, and Sainthood; Brides of Christ; Virginity; Widows; The High Middle Ages; Beguines, Mystics, and Heretics; Teresa of Ávila; Thérèse of Lisieux; Mother Teresa; 6: The Blessed Virgin Mary; Militant Mary; Modern Mariophanies; 7: Writing the Saints; What Hagiography is Not; Origins and Forms; Functions; Martyrologies; Gesta Martyrum; Saints' Lives; Collections of Saints' Lives; Hagiographical Techniques; Scholarly Criticism of Hagiography; Hippolyte Delehaye. 
505 8 |a 8: Globalizing SanctityMission and Sainthood; The Americas; Colonial Sainthood; Syncretic Sanctity; New Spain; New England; New France; Africa; Modern Syncretic Sanctity; 9: Saints in the Modern World; England; Russia; North America; The Twentieth Century: No More Heroes?; After Sainthood; Lived Religion; The Return of the Saint: Pope John Paul II (1978-2005); Afterword; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: INVENTING THE SAINTS; CHAPTER 3: SAINTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES; CHAPTER 4: EARLY MODERN SAINTHOOD; CHAPTER 5: GENDERING THE SAINTS; CHAPTER 6: THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 
505 8 |a CHAPTER 7: WRITING THE SAINTSCHAPTER 8: GLOBALIZING SANCTITY; CHAPTER 9: SAINTS IN THE MODERN WORLD; PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX. 
520 |a The Saints examines the history, traditions, and cultural impact of the saints. Looking at their origins and the cultural definition of saints and sanctity, Yarrow moves on to consider interpretations of saints in literature and art, and the role gender plays in sainthood. 
590 |a eBooks on EBSCOhost  |b EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide 
650 0 |a Christian saints  |x History. 
650 6 |a Saints chrétiens  |x Histoire. 
650 7 |a LITERARY CRITICISM  |x European  |x English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Christian saints.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00859491 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 
856 4 0 |u https://ebsco.uam.elogim.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1351550  |z Texto completo 
938 |a Askews and Holts Library Services  |b ASKH  |n AH32985345 
938 |a EBL - Ebook Library  |b EBLB  |n EBL4706443 
938 |a EBSCOhost  |b EBSC  |n 1351550 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 13162040 
994 |a 92  |b IZTAP