Staging Holiness : the Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) / Sofia Zoitou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zoitou, Sofia, author.

Series:

Mediterranean art histories ; Volume 3.

Mediterranean Art Histories Series ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knights of Malta--Greece--Rhodes (Island)--History--To 1500.

Knights of Malta.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Rhodes (Greece : Island)--Church history.

Rhodes (Greece : Island).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2020

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2021]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In Staging Holiness. The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. Scrutinizing late medieval travel reports by pilgrims from all over Europe along with extant historical, archaeological, visual and material evidence, Sofia Zoitou traces the various forms of the Rhodian cultic sites' evolution and perception, ultimately considered as an overall artistic strategy for the staging of the sacred"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Hospitallers' institutions

The Borgo and the area outside the walls

Our Lady of Phileremos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-44422-X

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access