Saint and Nation - Santiago, Teresa of Avila, and Plural Identities in Early Modern Spain

About the author

Erin Kathleen Rowe is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia.

Summary

Examines the controversy in early seventeenth-century Spain over the elevation of Saint Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Assesses the crucial role of sanctity in the symbolic representation of the nation in early modern Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Erin Kathleen Rowe, Erin Kathleen (Johns Hopkins) Rowe
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2011
• EAN: 9780271037738
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03773-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Illustrations: Karten
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, Spain, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Spanish Civil War, HISTORY / Europe / Spain