The Cults of Sainte Foy and the Cultural Work of Saints

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-7546-5733-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Art and Religion

Bringing together artifacts, texts, and practices within an interpretive framework that stresses the cultural work performed by saints, Kathleen Ashley presents a comparative study of the cults of the medieval Sainte Foy at a number of the sites where she was especially venerated.

This book analyzes how each cult site produced the saint it needed, appropriating or creating whatever was required to that end. Ashley’s approach is thoroughly interdisciplinary, incorporating visual, religious, medieval, and women’s and gender studies as well as literary studies and social history. She uses the theoretical framework of "cultural work" to analyze how the cult of Sainte Foy was sponsored and received by specific groups in different locales in Europe. The book is comprehensive in terms of historical as well as geographical range, tracing the history of the cult from the early Middle Ages into the present day. It also includes historiographical analysis, examining the way the cults of Sainte Foy have been represented in various historical accounts. Ashley’s narrative challenges the boundary between "elite" and "popular" culture and complicates the traditional vernacular vs. Latin language binary. A chief aim of the study is to show how "art" objects always operated in conjunction with other cultural texts to construct a saint’s cult. The volume is heavily illustrated, showing artifacts such as stained-glass windows and wall paintings which are not readily available from any other source.

This book will be of special interest to scholars in art history, medieval history, gender studies, and religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashley, Kathleen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: appropriation and the cultural work of saints 1 Conques: creation of a ritual center 2 Sainte Foy and ecclesiastical agendas 3 The saint as patron of individuals 4 Celebrating noble patronage of Foy’s cults 5 The saint in popular piety

Über Autor(innen)

Kathleen Ashley is Professor of English (Emerita) at the University of Southern Maine, USA.