Document Type:
Book
Author/editor:
Janine Larmon Peterson
 
Standard: Peterson, Janine Larmon [Janine Larmon Peterson]
Title:
Suspect Saints and Holy Heretics : Disputed Sanctity and Communal Identity in Late Medieval Italy

Standard:

Date of Publication:
2019
Place of Publication:
Ithaca, New York ; London

Standard: Ithaca (New York)

Publisher/Printer name:
Cornell University Press

Standard: Cornell University Press

ISBN/ISSN:
978-1-5017-4234-7
Pages:
xiii, 253 pp.
Number of illustrations:
Ill.; carta geografica
Subjects:
Veneration of Saints - Italy - 1300-1500

Summary/Notes:

 Recensioni: RMR 13 (giugno 2023), pp. 185-189 [Isabella Gagliardi]

Abstract: "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." L'autrice distingue tra "Tolerated saints - Suspect saints - Heretical saints - Holy heretics".