The Cults of Sainte Foy and the Cultural Work of Saints

ISBN-13: 9780754657330 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 210 str.

Kathleen Ashley

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Kathleen Ashley is Professor of English (Emerita) at the University of Southern Maine, USA.