The Making and Unmaking of a Saint : Hagiography and Memory in the Cult of Gerald of Aurillac /

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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kuefler, Mathew (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Latín
Publié: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Gerald, > of Aurillac, Saint, > 855-909.
Gerald, > of Aurillac, Saint, > 855-909 > Cult > History.
Odo, > Saint, Abbot of Cluny, > approximately 879-942. > Vita sancti Geraldi Auriliacensis.
Christian saints.
Christian hagiography.
Cults.
RELIGION > Christianity > Saints & Sainthood.
Christian saints > France > Aurilla > Biography > Early works to 1800.
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
France > Aurillac.
Biographies.
History.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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