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Saints and their miracles in late antique Gaul / / Raymond Van Dam



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Autore: Van Dam Raymond Visualizza persona
Titolo: Saints and their miracles in late antique Gaul / / Raymond Van Dam Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1993
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 349 pages) : map
Disciplina: 235/.2/094409021
Soggetto topico: Christian saints - Cult - France - History
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - France - Tours - History
Altri autori: FortunatusVenantius Honorius Clementianus <ca. 540-ca. 600.>  
Gregory, Saint, Bishop of Tours, <538-594.>  
Note generali: Includes English translations of selections from Fortunatus and Gregory of Tours.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-334) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part I. -- CHAPTER ONE. Different Saints, Different Cults -- CHAPTER TWO. Gregory of Tours and His Patron Saints -- CHAPTER THREE. Bodily Miracles -- CHAPTER FOUR. Pilgrimages and Miracle Stories -- EPILOGUE -- Part II: Translations -- Fortunatus -- Gregory of Tours -- Gregory of Tours -- EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MAP -- INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: Saints' cults, with their focus on miraculous healings and pilgrimages, were not only a distinctive feature of Christian religion in fifth-and sixth-century Gaul but also a vital force in political and social life. Here Raymond Van Dam uses accounts of miracles performed by SS. Martin, Julian, and Hilary to provide a vivid and comprehensive depiction of some of the most influential saints' cults. Viewed within the context of ongoing tensions between paganism and Christianity and between Frankish kings and bishops, these cults tell much about the struggle for authority, the forming of communities, and the concept of sin and redemption in late Roman Gaul. Van Dam begins by describing the origins of the three cults, and discusses the career of Bishop Gregory of Tours, who benefited from the support of various patron saints and in turn promoted their cults. He then treats the political and religious dimensions of healing miracles--including their relation to Catholic theology and their use by bishops to challenge royal authority--and of pilgrimages to saints' shrines. The miracle stories, collected mainly by Gregory of Tours, appear in their first complete English translations.
Titolo autorizzato: Saints and their miracles in late antique Gaul  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4008-1931-8
1-283-57873-5
9786613891181
1-4008-2114-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910823008503321
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