Anne Simon

The Cult of Saint Katherine of Alexandria in Late-Medieval Nuremberg (eBook, ePUB)

Saint and the City

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Saint Katherine of Alexandria was - after the Virgin Mary - arguably the most important female religious figure within medieval Europe. Despite this, many gaps in our knowledge remain as regards the significance and function of her cult within Germany. Simon's book addresses this lacunae, using Nuremberg as a case study to examine the ways in which the cult expressed itself - in literature, art; devotional practice, Patrician patronage, political strategy, urban space - and how the various forms of expression interacted to shape Patrician and civic identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317036814
• Artikelnr.: 44864999

Autorenporträt

Anne Simon lectured in Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Culture at the University of Bristol from 1992 to 2011. Currently she is Lecturer in German at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London. Her main research interests include Nuremberg from the Middle Ages to the present; Travel Literature from the Middle Ages to the present; hagiography; and the relationship between text and image.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Saint and the city: Nuremberg and the cult of Saint Katherine of Alexandria
Living the dream: the life of Saint Katherine of Alexandria
Manifesting martyrdom: the miracles of Saint Katherine
Showcasing a saint: Saint Katherine of Alexandria, patrician patronage and empire in 15th-century Nuremberg
Spinning the web: the Katharinenkloster and the city
Bibliography
Index.