The anxieties of a citizen class : the miracles of the true cross of San Giovanni Evangelista, Venice 1370-1480 / by Kiril Petkov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petkov, Kiril, 1964-

Series:

Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 99.

The Medieval Mediterranean : Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500, 0928-5520 ; Volume 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miracles--Italy--Venice--History.

Miracles.

Holy Cross--Legends.

Holy Cross.

Venice (Italy)--Church history.

Venice (Italy).

Scuola grande di San Giovanni Evangelista (Venice, Italy)--History.

Scuola grande di San Giovanni Evangelista (Venice, Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Anxieties of a Citizen Class: The Miracles of the True Cross of San Giovanni Evangelista, Venice 1370-1480 Kiril Petkov identifies the socio-psychological preoccupations accompanying the formation of the leading commoner group of early Renaissance Venice, the cittadini originarii , as revealed in a cycle of miracles performed by a fragment of the True Cross owned by the brotherhood of San Giovanni Evangelista. The study’s principal contention is that the miracles trace the evolution of the citizen elite from members of a large, fluid group of men of affairs to community managers to state servants. Each miracle highlights a stage of that process and the social anxieties engendered in the acquisition of a specific social identity.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 Setting the Stage: The Privilege of the Donation of the Cross

2 Upward Bound: The Vendramin and the Miracle of the True Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo

3 Relics, Business, and Nature: The Miracle with Andrea Vendramin’s Oil Ships

4 Church, State, and Sainthood: Francesco Querini and the Miracle with the Demoniac

5 Drawing a Line between Citizen Classes: Regimenting the popolani in the Miracle at the Bridge of San Lio

6 Healing the Sick, Helping the Poor: Service and Identity in the Miracle of the Daughter of Nicolo di Benvegnudo

7 The Miracle of Paolo Rabia: The Rise and Fall of Entrepreneurial Leadership

8 The Merchant of Brescia: Incorporating the terraferma in the Miracle of the Son of Giacomo de Salis

9 The Body Feverish and the Body Politic: Medicine, Politics, and Religion in the Healing of Piero de Lodovico

10 Maritime Empire, Mobility, and Cross-cultural Identity: The Miracle of Antonio Rizzo

11 The Miracle of Alvise Finetti’s Boy: Finance, the State, and the Future of the cittadini originarii

Conclusion Method, At Last

Appendix Incunabulum 249bis (ex. 222), Museo Civico Correr, Venice, circa 1490

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-25981-3

OCLC:

869520755

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004259812 DOI