A companion to medieval canonization processes : new contexts, perspectives and comparisons / edited by Sari Katajala-Peltomaa

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari, editor.

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 109.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition : a series of handbooks and reference works on the intellectual and religious life of Europe, 500-1800, 1871-6377 ; volume 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canonization--History--To 1500.

Canonization.

Christian saints--Cult--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Christian saints.

Christian saints--Cult--Europe--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]

Summary:

"Canonizations, which officially proclaimed a person's sanctity, were complex, embracing theological, judicial, social, and cultural aspects of medieval Christianity. The dossiers manifest the theological ponderings while also revealing the devotional practices, daily life, and troubles of those not learned in canon law or theology. This volume offers tools for comprehending canonization processes by investigating their judicial background and structural elements, as well as devotional aspects reflected in the depositions. It approaches canonization processes in a three-fold way: as a phenomenon of the past, as a source material with methodological challenges, and as a specific field of historical studies. Furthermore, this volume engages in innovative methodological discussions and illuminates the state-of-the-art and topical new themes. "-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction : canonization processes in context and comparison / Sari Katajala-Peltomaa

The papacy on the canonization of saints : between appropriation, regulation, and disinterest / Christian Krötzl

God's ordinary and extraordinary speech : the determination of miracles by the Roman congregation of rites in the early modern era / Maria Teresa Fattori

Transforming an individual into a saint and an accused into a criminal : judicial procedure in canonization processes and libri maleficiorum of Italian communes at the end of the Middle Ages / Didier Lett

The construction of information in the records of medieval canonization and heresy inquests : a methodological comparison / Saku Pihko

Testimonies of the life of the saint in the context of canonization / Jenni Kuuliala

Safe and dangerous names : uncovering connections and boundaries in the canonization inquest for Countess Delphine de Puimichel, 1363 / Nicole Archambeau

Disability, miracle, and sainthood in early fourteenth-century canonization dossiers / Adelheid Russenberger

"Are you content to die?" Death acceptance and death denial in depositions of canonization processes / Jyrki Nissi

Writing microhistory from the canonizations of Bernardino of Siena and Vincent Ferrer / Laura Ackerman Smoller

Experiencing the miraculous : lived religion in the depositions / Sari Katajala-Peltomaa

Scent, sight, awe : examining the bodily signs of sainthood in the canonization processes of Dominican saints / Marika Räsänen

Canonizations and Jesuit saints : the lives and images amid the causes for Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier / Jonathan Greenwood

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version: Companion to medieval canonization processes

ISBN:

9789004726833

9004726837

OCLC:

1513264558

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