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Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria by Noria K Litaker
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria
- Publication Date
- 2023-10-03
- Pages
- 300
- ISBN
- 0813949947
- Subject Area
- Religion, History
- Publication Name
- Bedazzled Saints : Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Subject
- Christianity / Denominations, Europe / General
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Series
- Studies in Early Modern German History Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 300 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
ISBN-10
0813949947
ISBN-13
9780813949949
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26060634772
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
300 Pages
Publication Name
Bedazzled Saints : Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Subject
Christianity / Denominations, Europe / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, History
Series
Studies in Early Modern German History Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2023-003659
Reviews
Litaker's analysis is persuasive, clear, and interdisciplinary, using methodologies of literary criticism and art history in a sophisticated fashion. Her book will appeal to both specialists and to a wider audience interested in religion, Catholicism broadly, and early modern Germany., Litaker?s analysis is persuasive, clear, and interdisciplinary, using methodologies of literary criticism and art history in a sophisticated fashion. Her book will appeal to both specialists and to a wider audience interested in religion, Catholicism broadly, and early modern Germany., Litaker has written a wonderfully engaging study of Bavaria's catacomb saints that pays meticulous attention to the materiality of these spectacular whole-body relics and contextualizes them via a rich body of written evidence. The book explores the ways in which the dazzling skeletons evoked the history of the universal catholic church while simultaneously becoming deeply embedded in local devotional practices. It constitutes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of baroque piety and of the evolution of post-Reformation Catholic identity.
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
College Freshman
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
235.209433
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Table Of Content
Creating "Bavaria Sancta" from the Ground Up Some Assembly Required: Building Whole-Body Catacomb Saints Whole-Body Saints and Eucharistic Doctrine Semper eadem: Catacomb Saints and Sacred History Welcoming the Saints Home: Translation Processions and Festivities Roman Catacomb Saints as Local Residents and Patrons Epilogue: Catacomb Saints in the Modern Era
Synopsis
Chronicles the transfer, distribution, and display of nearly four hundred 'holy bodies' of ancient Christian martyrs, some of the church's most prestigious relics, sent from the Roman catacombs to the Electorate of Bavaria between 1590 and 1803., The defense of the cult of saints and relics was an essential element of the Catholic Counter-Reformation in Europe. Facing attacks from Protestant denominations of all kinds, the Roman church redoubled its efforts to promote the veneration of its holy figures and to house their earthly remains in dramatic style. Bedazzled Saints chronicles the transfer, distribution, and display of nearly four hundred "holy bodies" of ancient Christian martyrs, some of the church's most prestigious relics, sent from the Roman catacombs to the Electorate of Bavaria between 1590 and 1803. Local communities, both religious and secular, broke with medieval tradition and spent immense amounts of time and money to fuse incomplete skeletons into lavishly decorated whole-body saints. By examining these ornamented skeletons--painstakingly enhanced with jewels and fine clothing and still on display atop church altars to this day--Noria Litaker elucidates the interplay between local religious practice and universal church doctrine, shedding new light on the negotiated nature of sanctity in early modern Catholicism. In so doing, she challenges the dominant narrative of the Bavarian Catholic Reformation as a top-down process and provides new insights into the role relics and their innovative presentation played in the development of Catholic identity in early modern German lands.
LC Classification Number
BX2333.L58 2023
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