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Thomas Aquinas's Relics as Focus for Conflict and Cult in the Late Middle Ages : The Restless Corpse /
This book offers a new way of looking at Saint Thomas Aquinas-not as a living man, but as a posthumous source of relics. Marika Räsänen delves deep into the strange relationship between Aquinas's physical remains and the devotional moments they enabled-in many cases in situations where the ac...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. The material and allegorical presence of the Saint's remains; The long last journey of Thomas's dust; The Thomas relic cults; Readings of the corpse : textual, allegorical, and iconographic; A note on the spelling of names; 1. The Death of Thomas, 7 March 1274. The memory of Thomas's arrival at the Monastery of Fossanova; At Thomas's bedside; Visions of the last breath; The funeral; 2. The Miraculous Body in Fossanova. Hidden corpse, revealed sainthood; The tomb at the centre of liturgical practices
- 'Blessed Thomas, the saint corpse, release me from this fever'; Divided body, fragmented sanctity
- 3. Thomas's Land : Praesentia among the Faithful. Becoming the Patron Saint of Priverno; Rays of sainthood around Fossanova; The strongholds of Thomas's cult in Southern Italy; The treasure in Fondi; 4. Written Remembrance of the Remains. A problematic possession in the hagiography; Memorial practices of the body on Thomas's Feast Day; Promoting the rightful ownership of Thomas's corpse; Thomas's Neapolitan memory; The importance of the matter; Conclusion : The Endless Story
- Appendix 1: DE SANCTO Thome de AquinoTranscription from the manuscript Vat. lat. 10153.