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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808047903321

Autore

Rowe Erin Kathleen <1974->

Titolo

Saint and nation : Santiago, Teresa of Avila, and plural identities in early modern Spain / / Erin Kathleen Rowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2011

ISBN

0-271-07815-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 264 p. :) : maps ;

Disciplina

274.6/06

Soggetti

Christian patron saints - Spain - History - 17th century

Spain Church history 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--