Cults of Sainte Foy and the Cultural Work of Saints

Informationen zum Autor Kathleen Ashley is Professor of English (Emerita) at the University of Southern Maine, USA. Zusammenfassung Bringing together artifacts, texts and practices within an interpretive framework that stresses the cultural work performed by saints, Kathleen Ashley presents a comparative study of the cults of the medieval Sainte Foy at a number of the sites where she was especially venerated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction : appropriation and the cultural work of saints 1 Conques: creation of a ritual center 2 Sainte Foy and ecclesiastical agendas 3 The saint as patron of individuals 4 Celebrating noble patronage of Foy’s cults 5 The saint in popular piety

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Ashley, Ashley Kathleen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2021
• EAN: 9780754657330
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-5733-0
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology