Passion Relics and the Medieval Imagination

Art, Architecture, and Society
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-520-30526-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 161 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Franklin D. Murphy Lectures

Although objects associated with the Passion and suffering of Christ are among the most important and sacred relics venerated by the Catholic Church, this is the first study that considers how they were presented to the faithful. Cynthia Hahn adopts an accessible, informative, and holistic approach to the important history of Passion relics—first the True Cross, and then the collective group of Passion relics—examining their display in reliquaries, their presentation in church environments, their purposeful collection as centerpieces in royal and imperial collections, and finally their veneration in pictorial form as Arma Christi. Tracing the ways that Passion relics appear and disappear in response to Christian devotion and to historical phenomena, ranging from pilgrimage and the Crusades to the promotion of imperial power, this groundbreaking investigation presents a compelling picture of a very important aspect of late medieval and early modern devotion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hahn, Cynthia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Gottesdienst, Riten und Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen: Religiöse Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Gebet & liturgisches Material

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Lure of Passion Relics, the Power of the Cross
The True Cross
Cross—Sign, Image, Thing, Relic
The Relic and Its Dispersal—Emperors, Churchmen, and Crusaders
Jerusalem Crosses and the Toulouse Châsse

2. Passion Relics: Strength in Unity
Instruments of Torture
Passion Relics as Th ings
Passion Relics Collected
Devotion to Passion Relics
The Arma Christi
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index
Biblical Citations

Über Autor(innen)

Cynthia Hahn is Professor of Art History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has written extensively on saints and relics in both articles and books, including Portrayed on the Heart, Strange Beauty, and The Reliquary Effect.