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Saint and nation : Santiago, Teresa of Avila, and plural identities in early modern Spain / Erin Kathleen Rowe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowe, Erin Kathleen, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian patron saints--Spain--History--17th century.
- Christian patron saints.
- Spain--Church history--17th century.
- Spain.
- James, the Greater, Saint.
- James.
- Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582.
- Teresa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 264 p. :) maps ;
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Examines the controversy in early seventeenth-century Spain over the elevation of Saint Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Assesses the crucial role of sanctity in the symbolic representation of the nation in early modern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Santiago and the shadow of decline
- Saint Teresa and the lived experience of the holy
- The politics of patron sainthood
- The gender of foreign policy
- Mapping sacred geography
- King, nation, and church in the Habsburg monarchy
- Endgame in Rome.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271078151
- 0271078154
- OCLC:
- 966765536
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