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

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Rowe, Erin Kathleen, 1974-
Published
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xi, 264 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
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Contents
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.
Summary
"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"--
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ISBN
9780271037738 (cloth : acid-free paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-253) and index.
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