Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 284 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9789004466135
Series Statement:
The Medieval Mediterranean volume 129
Uniform Title:
Localising collective devotion
Content:
Politics and plague -- Origin stories -- Continuing momentum -- Regulations for a revival -- Lay religious practices -- Civic religion and religious spaces -- Civic religion and communal support -- Legacy.
Content:
"Providing new insights into the Bianchi devotions, a medieval popular religious revival which responded to an outbreak of plague at the turn of the fifteenth century, this book takes a comparative, local and regional approach to the Bianchi, challenging traditional presentations of the movement as homogeneous whole. Combining a rich collection of textual, visual, and material sources, the study focuses on the two Tuscan towns of Lucca and Pistoia. Alexandra R.A. Lee demonstrates how the Bianchi processions in central Italy were moulded by secular and ecclesiastical authorities and shaped by local traditions as they attempted to prevent an epidemic"--
Note:
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral) - University College, London, 2017, under the title: Localising collective devotion : the Bianchi of 1399 at Lucca and Pistoia
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004465985
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lee, Alexandra R. A. The Bianchi of 1399 in central Italy Leiden : Brill, 2021 ISBN 9789004465985
Language:
English
Keywords:
Mittelitalien
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Bianchi
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Geschichte 1399
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1163/9789004466135
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