The Devotion and Promotion of Stigmatics in Europe, C. 1800-1950 Between Saints and Celebrities
In the nineteenth century a new type of mystic emerged in Catholic Europe. While cases of stigmatisation had been reported since the thirteenth century, this era witnessed the development of the 'stigmatic': young women who attracted widespread interest thanks to the appearance of physical...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden, The Netherlands :
Koninklijke Brill NV
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Numen numerus ;
Volume 167. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009605749306719 |
| Summary: | In the nineteenth century a new type of mystic emerged in Catholic Europe. While cases of stigmatisation had been reported since the thirteenth century, this era witnessed the development of the 'stigmatic': young women who attracted widespread interest thanks to the appearance of physical stigmata. To understand the popularity of these stigmatics we need to regard them as the 'saints' and religious 'celebrities' of their time. With their 'miraculous' bodies, they fit contemporary popular ideas (if not necessarily those of the Church) of what sanctity was. As knowledge about them spread via modern media and their fame became marketable, they developed into religious 'celebrities'. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789004439351 |
