Suspect saints and holy heretics : disputed sanctity and communal identity in late medieval Italy / Janine Larmon Peterson.
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TextPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 1501742353
- 9781501742361
- 1501742361
- 9781501742354
- Catholic Church -- Italy -- History
- Catholic Church
- Christian saints -- Cult -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
- Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Sanctification -- Catholic Church
- Canonization
- Papacy -- History
- Italy -- Church history -- 476-1400
- Canonization
- Christian saints -- Cult
- Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages
- Papacy
- Italy
- HISTORY / Medieval
- To 1500
- 235/.2094509022 23
- BX2333
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Summary: "This book explores cases of disputed sanctity in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy, examining how local communities used saints' cults as a tool to challenge papal authority"-- Provided by publisher.
Tolerated saints -- Suspect saints -- Heretical saints -- Holy heretics -- Economics, patronage, and politics -- Anti-inquisitorialism to anti-mendicantism -- Papal politics and communal contestation -- Methods of contesting authority.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tolerated saints -- Suspect saints -- Heretical saints -- Holy heretics -- Economics, patronage, and politics -- Anti-inquisitorialism to anti-mendicantism -- Papal politics and communal contestation -- Methods of contesting authority.
"This book explores cases of disputed sanctity in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italy, examining how local communities used saints' cults as a tool to challenge papal authority"-- Provided by publisher.
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