Paul Oldfield (University of Manchester)

Sanctity and Pilgrimage in Medieval Southern Italy, 1000-1200

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For the first time, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of sanctity and pilgrimage in southern Italy between 1000 and 1200 - a politically and culturally fragmented land where Latin Christian, Greek Christian and Muslim communities coexisted. It offers important new insights into society, cross-cultural interaction and faith across the medieval world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781316648902
• ISBN-10: 1316648907
• Artikelnr.: 47747862

Autorenporträt

Paul Oldfield is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include City and Community in Norman Italy (Cambridge, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Sanctity: 1. Sanctity in early medieval southern Italy
2. The Latin mainland: south Italian saints, Normans, Church reform and urbanization
3. Greek saints in southern Italy: at Christendom's faultline
4. Sicilian saints and Christian renewal
Part II. Pilgrimage: 5. Bridge to salvation and entrance to the underworld: southern Italy and international pilgrimage
6. Pilgrims at south Italian and foreign shrines: origins, identities and destinations
Conclusion
Bibliography.