Storied Places - Pilgrim Shrines, Nature, and History in Early Modern France

Pilgrim shrines were places of healing, holiness, and truth in early modern France. This book explains how this came about.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Legendary Locations: 1. An antique land: Sainte-Reine in Burgundy; 2. Pilgrims and nature in the Pyrenees; 3. Notre-Dame du Puy: image, pilgrimage, and the religious wars; Part II. Text, Territory, and Truth: 4. Histories and archives of faith; 5. In the beginning: origins, legends, and fables; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Virginia Reinburg is an Associate Professor of History at Boston College. She is the author of French Books of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c.1400–1600 (Cambridge, 2012), and many articles on the religious and cultural history of early modern France.

Summary

Pilgrim shrines were places of healing, holiness, and truth in early modern France. By analyzing the creation of these shrines as natural, legendary, and historic places whose authority provided a new foundation for post-Reformation Catholic life, Virginia Reinburg examines the impact of the Reformation and religious wars on French society.

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Reinburg, Virginia (Boston College Reinburg, Reinburg Virginia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108483117
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48311-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, History and Archaeology