1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910283143703321

Autore

Walton, Hanes

Titolo

American politics and the african american quest for universal freedom / Hanes Walton,Jr. Robert C. Smith Sherri L. Wallace

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Routledge, 2017

ISBN

978-1-138-658114-1

Edizione

[8. ed]

Descrizione fisica

xxvii, 406 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Smith, Robert C.

Wallace, Sherri L.

Disciplina

323.1196

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

IX H 198

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828025803321

Autore

Lee Alexandra R. A.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Brill, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

90-04-46613-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Collana

The Medieval Mediterranean ; ; Volume 129

Disciplina

265.9

Soggetti

Bianchi (Italian religious movement) - Italy, Central

Italy Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--