Author : Michael E. Goodich
Release : 2024-10-28
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Lives and Miracles of the Saints by : Michael E. Goodich
Download or read book Lives and Miracles of the Saints written by Michael E. Goodich. This book was released on 2024-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hagiography is a rich source for our knowledge of many aspects of medieval culture and tradition. The lives and miracles of the saints may be read on several levels, both as an expression of the dominant ideology and as a reflection of long-term themes in medieval society. The essays in this volume attempt to exploit the Latin hagiographical sources of the medieval West as means of illuminating our understanding of a variety of such themes: childhood and adolescence, elite and popular religion, sainthood and politics, the mechanism of canonisation, women in the church, dreams, visions and the concept of the miraculous, and the convergence of heresy, disbelief and piety.