The Saints examines the history, traditions, and cultural impact of the saints. Looking at their origins and the cultural definition of saints and sanctity, Yarrow moves on to consider interpretations of saints in literature and art, and the role gender plays in sainthood.
The Saints examines the history, traditions, and cultural impact of the saints. Looking at their origins and the cultural definition of saints and sanctity, Yarrow moves on to consider interpretations of saints in literature and art, and the role gender plays in sainthood.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr Simon Yarrow graduated from the University of Newcastle in 1994 with a First in History. After staying on to take an MA, Simon moved to St Cross College, Oxford, where he completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Henry Mayr-Harting in 1999. Since then, he has been Past and Present Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, London, and worked at St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill, Birkbeck College, London, and the University of Liverpool before taking up a Lectureship at the University of Birmingham in 2004. He has published several articles and is the author of Saints and their Communities: Miracles Stories in Twelfth-Century England (OUP, 2006).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations 1 Introduction 2 Inventing the Saints 3 Saints in the Middle Ages c.500-c.1500 4 Early Modern Sainthood 5 Gendering the Saints 6 The Blessed Virgin Mary 7 Writing the Saints 8 Globalizing Sanctity 9 Saints in a Secular World Further Reading Index
List of Illustrations 1 Introduction 2 Inventing the Saints 3 Saints in the Middle Ages c.500-c.1500 4 Early Modern Sainthood 5 Gendering the Saints 6 The Blessed Virgin Mary 7 Writing the Saints 8 Globalizing Sanctity 9 Saints in a Secular World Further Reading Index
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