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The making and unmaking of a saint : hagiography and memory in the cult of Gerald of Aurillac /

The Making and Unmaking of a Saint traces the rise and fall of devotion to Gerald of Aurillac through a millennium, from his death in the tenth century to the attempt to reinvigorate his cult in the nineteenth century.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kuefler, Mathew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Series:Middle Ages series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on names
  • Maps 1 and 2
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Prolegomenon on the Dating and Authorship of the Writings about Gerald of Aurillac
  • Chapter 2. The First Saint Gerald
  • Chapter 3. The Second Saint Gerald
  • Chapter 4. Saint Gerald and the Swell of History
  • Chapter 5. Saint Gerald and the Ebb of History
  • Chapter 6. The Modern Cult of Saint Gerald
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Translation of the Vita sancti Geraldi brevior
  • Appendix 2. The Manuscripts of the Vita Geraldi
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.