Thomas Aquinas's relics as focus for conflict and cult in the late Middle Ages : the restless corpse / Marika Räsänen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Räsänen, Marika, author.

Series:

Crossing boundaries: Turku medieval and early modern studies.

Crossing boundaries : Turku medieval and early modern studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274--Relics.

Thomas.

Death--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book offers a new way of looking at Saint Thomas Aquinas-not as a living man, but as a posthumous source of relics. Marika Räsänen delves deep into the strange relationship between Aquinas's physical remains and the devotional moments they enabled-in many cases in situations where the actual relics were not present, but were recreated verbally, pictorially, or allegorically. Both the actual relics and these extended manifestations of them, Räsänen shows, were equally real to the medieval spectator, though the question of the material presence of Aquinas's remains became increasingly important over time amid the political tumult of southern Italy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Death of Thomas, 7 March 1274

2. The Miraculous Body in Fossanova

3. Thomas's Land-Praesentia among the Faithful

4. Written Remembrance of the Remains

Conclusion: The Endless Story

Appendix 1: DE SANCTO Thome de Aquino

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-04-079049-6

1-003-70830-7

1-04-079639-7

90-485-2737-6

9781003708308

OCLC:

982149785