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The making and unmaking of a saint : hagiography and memory in the cult of Gerald of Aurillac / Mathew Kuefler.
LIBRA BX4700.G427 K84 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuefler, Mathew
- Series:
- Middle Ages series
- The Middle Ages series
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Gerald, of Aurillac, Saint, 855-909--Cult--History.
- Gerald.
- Odo, Saint, Abbot of Cluny, approximately 879-942. Vita sancti Geraldi Auriliacensis.
- Odo.
- Gerald, of Aurillac, Saint, 855-909.
- Christian hagiography--History--To 1500.
- Christian hagiography.
- History.
- Christian saints--France--Aurillac--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Christian saints.
- Cults.
- France--Aurillac.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- Pornographic Archaeology uncovers the determinant role that the sexuality of the Middle Ages played in the nineteenth-century construction of the French nation and empire. This cultural history demonstrates how medicine's obsession with the medieval past helped to define European sexuality, race, marriage, and family. The miracle stories surrounding Sainte Foy form one of the most complete sets of material relating to a medieval saint's cult and its practices. Pamela Sheingorn's superb translation from the medieval Latin texts presents a comprehensive portrait of Sainte Foy and the culture that nurtured her. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Prolegomenon on the Dating and Authorship of the Writings about Gerald of Aurillac 9
- Chapter 2 The First Saint Gerald 44
- Chapter 3 The Second Saint Gerald 68
- Chapter 4 Saint Gerald and the Swell of History 100
- Chapter 5 Saint Gerald and the Ebb of History 117
- Chapter 6 The Modern Cult of Saint Gerald 151.
- Notes:
- Includes English translation of the Vita Geraldi brevior.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Odo, Saint, Abbot of Cluny, approximately 879-942. Vita sancti Geraldi Auriliacensis. English.
- ISBN:
- 9780812245523
- 0812245520
- OCLC:
- 851572811
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