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Ausgabe: Course Book

ISBN: 9781400821143

Inhalt: Saints' cults, with their focus on miraculous healings and pilgrimages, were not only a distinctive feature of Christian religion in fifth-and sixth-century Gaul but also a vital force in political and social life. Here Raymond Van Dam uses accounts of miracles performed by SS. Martin, Julian, and Hilary to provide a vivid and comprehensive depiction of some of the most influential saints' cults. Viewed within the context of ongoing tensions between paganism and Christianity and between Frankish kings and bishops, these cults tell much about the struggle for authority, the forming of communities, and the concept of sin and redemption in late Roman Gaul.Van Dam begins by describing the origins of the three cults, and discusses the career of Bishop Gregory of Tours, who benefited from the support of various patron saints and in turn promoted their cults. He then treats the political and religious dimensions of healing miracles--including their relation to Catholic theology and their use by bishops to challenge royal authority--and of pilgrimages to saints' shrines. The miracle stories, collected mainly by Gregory of Tours, appear in their first complete English translations.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , PREFACE -- , ABBREVIATIONS -- , INTRODUCTION -- , Part I. -- , CHAPTER ONE. Different Saints, Different Cults -- , CHAPTER TWO. Gregory of Tours and His Patron Saints -- , CHAPTER THREE. Bodily Miracles -- , CHAPTER FOUR. Pilgrimages and Miracle Stories -- , EPILOGUE -- , Part II: Translations -- , Fortunatus -- , Gregory of Tours -- , Gregory of Tours -- , EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS -- , BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , MAP -- , INDEX , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9781400821143

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400821143

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400821143

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400821143

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Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 349 pages) , map

Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.

ISBN: 0691021120 , 0691032335 , 1400821142 , 9780691021126 , 9780691032337 , 9781400821143

Originaltitel: Works 1993 Selections

Inhalt: Saints' cults, with their focus on miraculous healings and pilgrimages, were not only a distinctive feature of Christian religion in fifth-and sixth-century Gaul but also a vital force in political and social life. Here Raymond Van Dam uses accounts of miracles performed by SS. Martin, Julian, and Hilary to provide a vivid and comprehensive depiction of some of the most influential saints' cults. Viewed within the context of ongoing tensions between paganism and Christianity and between Frankish kings and bishops, these cults tell much about the struggle for authority, the forming of communit

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-334) and index , Includes English translations of selections from Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours , Title from title screen as viewed on October 19, 2004 , Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Different Saints, Different Cults ; 1. Cult of St. Martin ; 2. Cult of St. Hilary ; 3. Cult of St. Julian ; Ch. 2 Gregory of Tours and His Patron Saints ; 1. Becoming a Bishop ; 2. Being a Bishop ; Ch. 3 Bodily Miracles ; 1. Body and Community ; 2. Body and Power ; 3. Body and Theology ; Ch. 4 Pilgrimages and Miracle Stories ; 1. Pilgrimages to Tours ; 2. "The Place Where His Body Is Now Honored" ; 3. Pilgrimages from Tours ; 4. Gregory's Vow ; Miracles of St. Hilary (= VH) , Suffering and Miracles of the Martyr St. Julian (= VJ) , Appendix 1: The Suffering of the Martyr St. Julian (= Passio) ; Miracles of the Bishop St. Martin (= VM 1-4) , Appendix 2: A Sermon in Praise of St. Martin (= Sermo) ; Appendix 3: Inscriptions from the Martinellus.

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Van Dam, Raymond Saints and their miracles in late antique Gaul Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©1993

Sprache: Englisch

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Umfang: viii, 349 p. : , map.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Anmerkung: Includes English translations of selections from Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours.

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books.

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