The Bianchi of 1399 in central Italy: making devotion local

"Providing new insights into the Bianchi devotions, a medieval popular religious revival which responded to an outbreak of plague at the turn of the fifteenth century, this book takes a comparative, local and regional approach to the Bianchi, challenging traditional presentations of the movemen...

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Main Author: Lee, Alexandra R. A. (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2021]
Series:The Medieval Mediterranean Volume 129
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Providing new insights into the Bianchi devotions, a medieval popular religious revival which responded to an outbreak of plague at the turn of the fifteenth century, this book takes a comparative, local and regional approach to the Bianchi, challenging traditional presentations of the movement as homogeneous whole. Combining a rich collection of textual, visual, and material sources, the study focuses on the two Tuscan towns of Lucca and Pistoia. Alexandra R.A. Lee demonstrates how the Bianchi processions in central Italy were moulded by secular and ecclesiastical authorities and shaped by local traditions as they attempted to prevent an epidemic"--
Physical Description:XIII, 284 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9789004465985

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