The Bianchi of 1399 in central Italy : making devotion local / by Alexandra R.A. Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Alexandra R. A., author.

Series:

Medieval Mediterranean ; 0928-5520 v. 129.

The Medieval Mediterranean, 0928-5520 ; volume 129

Standardized Title:

Localising collective devotion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bianchi (Italian religious movement)--Italy, Central.

Bianchi (Italian religious movement).

Italy, Central--Religious life and customs.

Italy, Central.

Italy--Italy, Central.

Physical Description:

xiii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"Providing new insights into the Bianchi devotions, a medieval popular religious revival which responded to an outbreak of plague at the turn of the fifteenth century, this book takes a comparative, local and regional approach to the Bianchi, challenging traditional presentations of the movement as homogeneous whole. Combining a rich collection of textual, visual, and material sources, the study focuses on the two Tuscan towns of Lucca and Pistoia. Alexandra R.A. Lee demonstrates how the Bianchi processions in central Italy were moulded by secular and ecclesiastical authorities and shaped by local traditions as they attempted to prevent an epidemic"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Politics and plague

Origin stories

Continuing momentum

Regulations for a revival

Lay religious practices

Civic religion and religious spaces

Civic religion and communal support

Legacy.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University College, London, 2017, under the title: Localising collective devotion : the Bianchi of 1399 at Lucca and Pistoia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lee, Alexandra R. A. Bianchi of 1399 in central Italy

ISBN:

9789004465985

9004465987

OCLC:

1246623615