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Title The invention of saintliness / edited by Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (x, 222 pages)
Series Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture
Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture.
Contents pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Contexts : the cult of saints and the invention of saintliness -- pt. 3. Texts : the lives of saints and the invention of saintliness
Summary This volume discusses, from an historical and literary angle, the ways in which sanctification and the inscription of saintliness take place. Going beyond the traditional categories of canonization, cult, liturgical veneration and hagiographical lives, the work raises fundamental issues concerning definitions of saints and saintliness in a period before the concept was crystallized in canon law. As well as discussing sources and methodology, contributions cover contextual issues, including relics and veneration, life and the afterlife, and examinations of specific sources and texts. Subjects r
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Sanctification -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Angelology & Demonology.
Form Electronic book
Author Mulder-Bakker, Anneke B
LC no. 2002069850
ISBN 0203166000
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