| Description |
1 online resource (x, 276 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Saint-making at the end of the Middle Ages -- The embattled friar : Bonaventure (c. 1220-74, cd. 1482) -- The good duke : Leopold of Austria (c. 1073-1136, cd. 1485) -- The hermit-ambassador : Francis of Paola (c. 1416-1507, cd. 1519) -- The reforming friar-archbishop : Antoninus of Florence (1389-1459, cd. 1523) -- Luther's devil-god : Benno of Meissen (c. 1040-1106, cd. 1523) -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Pope John Paul II famously canonized more saints than all his predecessors combined. Several of these candidates were controversial. To this day there remain holy men and women "on the books" of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints whose canonization would provoke considerable debate. This was no less true during the period covered in this pioneering study by renowned medieval historian Ronald C. Finucane. This work, which forms an important bridge between medieval and Counter-Reformation sanctity and canonization, provides a richly contextualized analysis of the ways in which the last five candidates for sainthood before the Reformation came to be canonized. Finucane uncovers the complex interplay of factors that lay behind the success of such campaigns; success that could never be taken for granted, even when the candidate's holy credentials appeared uncontroversial and his backers politically powerful. -- Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Canonization -- History
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Christian saints -- History
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Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Church history -- 16th century.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Angelology & Demonology.
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HISTORY -- Renaissance.
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Canonization
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Christian saints
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Church history
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Church history -- Middle Ages
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813219356 |
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0813219353 |
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