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

ISBN-13: 9781108483117 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str.

Virginia Reinburg

Opis

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

Recenzje

'… an illuminating exploration of how the appeal of significant shrines was constructed and maintained, with insights as well into what the experience of visiting these places as a pilgrim might have been like.' Philip Benedict, Journal of Modern History

Spis treści

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.