The lay saint [electronic resource] : charity and charismatic authority in medieval Italy, 1150-1350 / Mary Harvey Doyno
- Author
- Doyno, Mary Harvey, 1973-
- Published
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press 2019.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
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- Contents
- From charisma to charity : lay sanctity in the twelfth-century communes -- Charity as social justice : the birth of the communal lay saint -- Civic patron as ideal citizen : the cult of Pier Pettinaio of Siena -- Classifying laywomen : the female lay saint before 1289 -- Zita of Lucca : the outlier -- Margaret of Cortona : between civic saint and Franciscan visionary -- Envisioning an order : the last lay saints.
- Summary
- "The Lay Saint explores the numerous saintly cults dedicated to recently deceased members of the laity that grew up in the communes of late medieval Italy and shows how they both challenged and ultimately solidified the church's institutional and charismatic authority"--
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- ISBN
- 9781501740220 (epub)
9781501740213 (pdf)
9781501740206 (cloth) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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