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Sanctity in Global Perspective

About the Book Series

Published under the aegis of The Hagiography Society, this series is dedicated to exploring the concept of sanctity in literary, artistic, ideational, and sociohistorical dimensions. ‘Sanctity in Global Perspective’ publishes monographs and edited volumes that illuminate the lives of saintly figures, the communities dedicated to those figures, and the material evidence of their cults. Our aim is to foster critical scholarship that offers novel conceptualizations and the possibility of crosspollination of ideas across traditions, geographical regions, and academic disciplines. The series is open to all areas of scholarship, without restriction as to religious traditions or time periods.

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Counter-Reformation Sanctity in Global and Material Perspective

Counter-Reformation Sanctity in Global and Material Perspective

1st Edition

Edited By Ruth Sargent Noyes
November 29, 2024

This book explores the making of saints’ cults in the early modern world from an interdisciplinary perspective, considering the entangled roles of materiality and globalization processes. It brings together work across diverse media, objects, and materials as well as communities, cultures, and ...

The Late Medieval Cult of the Saints Universal Developments within Local Contexts

The Late Medieval Cult of the Saints: Universal Developments within Local Contexts

1st Edition

By Carmen Florea
May 31, 2023

This is a book that explores the nature of sainthood in a region at the margins of medieval Latin Christendom. Defining the model of sanctity that characterized Transylvania between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, the study considers how the cults of saints functioned within specific ...

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