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Author Armstrong, Megan C., author

Title The Holy Land and the early modern reinvention of Catholicism / Megan C. Armstrong, McMaster University
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. A Catholic gateway to the Holy Land: the Custodia Terrae Sanctae; 2. Altars in the holy places and the pursuit of Christian precedence; 3. The order of the holy sepulcher; 4. Franc, the protector of the holy places; 5. The congregation of the propaganda fide and the custody; 6. A Franciscan Holy Land
Summary "A shared biblical past has long imbued the Holy Land with special authority as well as a mythic character that has made the region not only a revered spiritual home for Muslims, Christians, and Jews, but also a source of a living sacred history that informs contemporary realities and religious identities. This book explores the Holy Land (1517-1700) as a critical place in which many early modern Catholics sought spiritual and political legitimacy during a period of profound and disruptive change. The Ottoman conquest of the region, the division of the Western Church, Catholic reform, the integration of the Mediterranean into global trading networks, and the emergence of new imperial rivalries transformed the Custody of the Holy Land, the venerable Catholic institution that had overseen Western pilgrimage since 1342, into a site of intense intra-Christian conflict by 1517. This contestation underscored the Holy Land's importance both as a frontier and sacred center of an embattled Catholic tradition, and in consequence, as a critical site of Catholic renewal and reinvention"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2021)
Subject Suriano, Francesco, 1450-approximately 1529. Trattato di Terra Santa e dell'Oriente
Franciscans -- Palestine -- History
Franciscans. Custody of the Holy Land -- History
Catholic Church -- Palestine -- History
Catholic Church -- History.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Franciscans fast
Franciscans. Custody of the Holy Land fast
Subject RELIGION / History.
SUBJECT Palestine -- Church history
Subject Middle East -- Palestine
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021011689
ISBN 9781108957946
1108957943