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| Titre : | Hagiography and the Cult of Saints : The Diocese of Orléans, 800-1200 |
| Auteurs : | Thomas Head, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Londres [GB] : Cambridge University Press, 1990 |
| Collection : | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. 4th series, num. 14 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-521-36500-0 |
| Format : | xvii + 342 p. / Cartes N&B |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | JUJ (Saints, hagiographie) |
| Résumé : |
This is a study of the place of patron saints in Frankish society during the Carolingian and early Capetian periods.
The book focuses on the composition of works in praise of dead holy people - hagiography - and the veneration of their physical remains - the cult of saints. It examines the patrons of a single diocese, Orléans, because a saint’s power of patronage was defined in terms of a particular locale. Beyond the documentation of this region’s textual and institutional traditions, the book explores the uses made of sanctity and patronage by the Franks. These so-called ‘fathers’ protected monasteries against interference by ecclesiastical and secular authorities. Moreover, as inhabitants of God’s court of heaven, these ‘fathers’ served monks and laypeople as intercessors with God in matters of sin and disease. Thus they provided, in the Orléanais and elsewhere, an important source of power and authority, as well as an aspect of Christian belief which was shared by clergy and laity. |
| Note de contenu : |
- List of figures and maps - Acknowledgements - List of abbreviations - INTRODUCTION - 1. THE CAROLINGIAN PERIOD - 2. THE CAPETIAN PERIOD - 3. THE IDEAL OF SANCTITY: FORMATION, IMITATION, AND DISSEMINATION - 4. THE POSTHUMOUS PATRONAGE OF THE SAINTS Saintly patronage and the collection of miracle stories / The work of Adrevald of Fleury / Saintly patronage in the eleventh and twelfth centuries / Sanctuaries, feasts, and pilgrimage / The miraculous protection of monastic property and servants / The variety of saintly intercession / The composition and use of miracle collections / The logic of saintly patronage - 5. SAINTLY PATRONAGE AND EPISCOPAL AUTHORITY AT THE ABBEY OF MICY - 6. SAINTS, ABBOTS, AND ECCLESIASTICAL POLITICS AT FLEURY AND PITHIVIERS Social change and the defence of ecclesiastical property / The privileges and exemptions of Fleury / The work of Abbo of Fleury / The legacy of Abbo and Arnulf / Pithiviers / Biography at Fleury - CONCLUSION - Bibliography and references - Index |
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| JUJ 012 | JUJ 012 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
