Mobile Saints

Author : Kate M. Craig
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000378948

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Mobile Saints by Kate M. Craig Pdf

Mobile Saints examines the central medieval (ca. 950–1150 CE) practice of removing saints’ relics from rural monasteries in order to take them on out-and-back journeys, particularly within northern France and the Low Countries. Though the permanent displacements of relics—translations— have long been understood as politically and culturally significant activities, these temporary circulations have received relatively little attention. Yet the act of taking a medieval relic from its “home,” even for a short time, had the power to transform the object, the people it encountered, and the landscape it traveled through. Using hagiographical and liturgical texts, this study reveals both the opportunities and tensions associated with these movements: circulating relics extended the power of the saint into the wider world, but could also provoke public displays of competition, mockery, and resistance. By contextualizing these effects within the discourses and practices that surrounded traveling relics, Mobile Saints emphasizes the complexities of the central medieval cult of relics and its participants, while speaking to broader questions about the role of movement in negotiating the relationships between sacred objects, space, and people.

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Alabama
ISBN : UFL:31262045415014

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Alabama Geographic Names Information System by Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names Pdf

Author : Susanna Lidström
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317682844

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Nature, Environment and Poetry by Susanna Lidström Pdf

The environmental challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century are not only acute and grave, they are also unprecedented in kind, complexity and scope. Nonetheless, or therefore, the political response to problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss and widespread pollution continues to fall short. To address these challenges it seems clear that we need new ways of thinking about the relationship between humans and nature, local and global, and past, present and future. One place to look for such new ideas is in poetry, designed to contain multiple levels of meaning at once, challenge the imagination, and evoke responses that are based on something more than scientific consensus and rationale. This ecocritical book traces the environmental sensibilities of two Anglophone poets; Nobel Prize-winner Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), and British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes (1930-1998). Drawing on recent and multifarious developments in ecocritical theory, it examines how Hughes's and Heaney's respective poetics interact with late twentieth century developments in environmental thought, focusing in particular on ideas about ecology and environment in relation to religion, time, technology, colonialism, semiotics, and globalisation. This book is aimed at students of literature and environment, the relationship between poetry and environmental humanities, and the poetry of Ted Hughes or Seamus Heaney

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Alabama
ISBN : PSU:000010914762

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Alabama Geographic Names by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kate M. Craig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000378979

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Mobile Saints by Kate M. Craig Pdf

Mobile Saints examines the central medieval (ca. 950–1150 CE) practice of removing saints’ relics from rural monasteries in order to take them on out-and-back journeys, particularly within northern France and the Low Countries. Though the permanent displacements of relics—translations— have long been understood as politically and culturally significant activities, these temporary circulations have received relatively little attention. Yet the act of taking a medieval relic from its “home,” even for a short time, had the power to transform the object, the people it encountered, and the landscape it traveled through. Using hagiographical and liturgical texts, this study reveals both the opportunities and tensions associated with these movements: circulating relics extended the power of the saint into the wider world, but could also provoke public displays of competition, mockery, and resistance. By contextualizing these effects within the discourses and practices that surrounded traveling relics, Mobile Saints emphasizes the complexities of the central medieval cult of relics and its participants, while speaking to broader questions about the role of movement in negotiating the relationships between sacred objects, space, and people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004499232

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A Companion to the Abbey of Cluny in the Middle Ages by Anonim Pdf

"Founded in 910 by Duke William of Aquitaine, the abbey of Cluny rose to prominence in the eleventh century as the most influential and opulent center for monastic devotion in medieval Europe. While the twelfth century brought challenges, both internal and external, the Cluniacs showed remarkable adaptability in the changing religious climate of the high Middle Ages. Written by international experts representing a range of academic disciplines, the contributions to this volume examine the rich textual and material sources for Cluny's history, offering not only a thorough introduction to the distinctive character of Cluniac monasticism in the Middle Ages, but also the lineaments of a detailed research agenda for the next generation of historians. Contributors are: Isabelle Rosé, Steven Vanderputten, Marc Saurette, Denyse Riche, Susan Boynton, Anne Baud, Sébastien Barret, Robert Berkhofer III, Isabelle Cochelin, Michael Hänchen, Gert Melville, Eliana Magnani, Constance Bouchard, Benjamin Pohl, and Scott G. Bruce"--

Author : Larry G. Murphy,J. Gordon Melton,Gary L. Ward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1005 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781135513382

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Encyclopedia of African American Religions by Larry G. Murphy,J. Gordon Melton,Gary L. Ward Pdf

Preceded by three introductory essays and a chronology of major events in black religious history from 1618 to 1991, this A-Z encyclopedia includes three types of entries: * Biographical sketches of 773 African American religious leaders * 341 entries on African American denominations and religious organizations (including white churches with significant black memberships and educational institutions) * Topical articles on important aspects of African American religious life (e.g., African American Christians during the Colonial Era, Music in the African American Church)

Author : United States. Post Office Dept
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015018002496

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United States Official Postal Guide ... by United States. Post Office Dept Pdf

Author : J. Raymond
Publisher : Springer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230316973

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Conversations with Angels by J. Raymond Pdf

Based on refractions of earlier beliefs, modern angels - at once terrible and comforting, frighteningly other and reassuringly beneficent - have acquired a powerful symbolic value. This interdisciplinary study looks at how humans conversed with angels in medieval and early modern Europe, and how they explained and represented these conversations.

Author : Gwilym Dodd,Helen Lacey,Anthony Musson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000409185

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People, Power and Identity in the Late Middle Ages by Gwilym Dodd,Helen Lacey,Anthony Musson Pdf

This collection of ground-breaking essays celebrates Mark Ormrod’s wide-ranging influence over several generations of scholars. The seventeen chapters in this collection focus primarily on the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and are grouped thematically on governance and political resistance, culture, religion and identity.

Author : Gwen Seabourne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134775903

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Women in the Medieval Common Law c.1200–1500 by Gwen Seabourne Pdf

This book examines the view of women held by medieval common lawyers and legislators, and considers medieval women’s treatment by and participation in the processes of the common law. Surveying a wide range of points of contact between women and the common law, from their appearance (or not) in statutes, through their participation (or not) as witnesses, to their treatment as complainants or defendants, it argues for closer consideration of women within the standard narratives of classical legal history, and for re-examination of some previous conclusions on the relationship between women and the common law. It will appeal to scholars and students of medieval history, as well as those interested in legal history, gender studies and the history of women.

Author : Cecil Reid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000374636

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Jews and Converts in Late Medieval Castile by Cecil Reid Pdf

Jews and Converts in Late Medieval Castile examines the ways in which Jewish-Christian relations evolved in Castile, taking account of social, cultural, and religious factors that affected the two communities throughout the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. The territorial expansion of the Christian kingdoms in Iberia that followed the reconquests of the mid-thirteenth century presented new military and economic challenges. At the same time the fragile balance between Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Peninsula was also profoundly affected. Economic and financial pressures were of over-riding importance. Most significant were the large tax revenues that the Iberian Jewish community provided to royal coffers, new evidence for which is provided here. Some in the Jewish community also achieved prominence at court, achieving dizzying success that often ended in dismal failure or death. A particular feature of this study is its reliance upon both Castilian and Hebrew sources of the period to show how mutual perceptions evolved through the long fourteenth century. The study encompasses the remarkable and widespread phenomenon of Jewish conversion, elaborates on its causes, and describes the profound social changes that would culminate in the anti-converso riots of the mid-fifteenth century. This book is valuable reading for academics and students of medieval and of Jewish history. As a study of a unique crucible of social change it also has a wider relevance to multi-cultural societies of any age, including our own.

Author : Dariusz Adamczyk,Beata Możejko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000382525

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Monetisation and Commercialisation in the Baltic Sea, 1050-1450 by Dariusz Adamczyk,Beata Możejko Pdf

Monetisation and Commercialisation in the Baltic Sea, 1050–1450 explores the varied uses of silver and gold in the Baltic Sea zone during the medieval period. Ten original contributions examine coins and currencies, trade, economy, and power, taking care to avoid an out-of-date approach to economic history which assumes a progression from ‘primitive’ forms to ‘developed’ structures. Combining a variety of methodological approaches, and drawing on written sources, archaeological and numismatic evidence, and anthropological perspectives, the book considers the various ways in which silver and gold were used as monetary currency, fiscal instruments of power, and gifts in the High and Late Medieval societies of the Baltic Sea. This book will appeal to scholars and students of medieval European history, as well as those interested in economic history, and the history of trade and commerce.

Author : Bronach C. Kane,Simon Sandall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317032342

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The Experience of Neighbourhood in Medieval and Early Modern Europe by Bronach C. Kane,Simon Sandall Pdf

The Experience of Neighbourhood in Medieval and Early Modern Europe contributes to nascent debates on concepts of neighbourliness and belonging, exploring the operation of the pre-modern neighbourhood in social practice. Formal administrative units, such as the manor and the parish, have been the object of much scholarly attention yet the experience and limits of neighbourhood remain understudied. Building on recent advances in the histories of emotions and material culture, this volume explores a variety of themes on residential proximity, from its social, cultural and religious implications to material and economic perspectives. Contributors also investigate the linguistic categories attached to neighbours and neighbourhood, tracing their meaning and use in a variety of settings to understand the ways that language conditioned the relationships it described. Together they contribute to a more socially and experientially grounded understanding of neighbourly experience in pre-modern Europe.

Author : Ann Ball
Publisher : TAN Books
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781505102499

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Modern Saints by Ann Ball Pdf

Stories of 55 saints, beati, and holy people of the past 200 years, along with their pictures; most are actual photographs. Includes St. Gemma Galgani, St. Bernadette, St. Maria Goretti, St. John Neumann, Padre Pio, Edith Stein, St. Peter Julian Eymard, St. Frances Cabrini, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. John Bosco, St. Dominic Savio, and many, many more. Will bring hours and hours of pleasure and entertainment to the entire family.