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Author Farmer, Sharon, author

Title Communities of Saint Martin : Legend and Ritual in Medieval Tours / Sharon Farmer
Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
©1991

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Description 1 online resource : 12 black and white halftones, 5 tables, 6 maps
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. Martin's Town: From Unity to Duality -- Introduction -- 1. Martinopolis (ca. 37I-I050) -- 2. Excluding the Center: Monastic Exemption and Liturgical Realignment in Tours -- PART 2. Marmoutier -- Introduction -- 3. History, Legitimacy, and Motivation in Marmoutier's Literature for the Angevins -- 4. Marmoutier and the Salvation of the Counts of Blois -- 5. Individual Motivation, Collective Responsibility: Reinforcing Bonds of Community -- 6. Preservation through Time: Historical Consciousness at Marmoutier -- PART 3. The Chapter of Saint-Martin -- Introduction -- 7. The Corporate Identity of the Canons of Saint-Martin -- 8. Saint Martin's Diocese: The Appropriation of Episcopal Symbols -- 9. Martin's New Town: Dominance and Resistance in Chateauneuf -- Conclusion -- Source Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Sharon Farmer here investigates the ways in which three medieval communities-the town of Tours, the basilica of Saint-Martin there, and the abbey of Marmoutier nearby-all defined themselves through the cult of Saint Martin ..
Analysis European history: medieval period, middle ages
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-351) and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
Subject Martin, Saint, Bishop of Tours, ca. 316-397, Cult -- France -- Tours
SUBJECT Martin, Saint, Bishop of Tours, approximately 316-397 -- Cult -- France -- Tours
Subject Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours -- History
Marmoutier (Abbey : Tours, France) -- History
SUBJECT Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours fast
Marmoutier (Abbey : Tours, France) fast
Subject Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
European history.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages
SUBJECT Tours (France) -- Church history
Subject France -- Tours
Genre/Form dictionaries.
Church history
History
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781501740602
1501740601
9781501740596
1501740598
Other Titles Communities of St. Martin