The invention of saintliness
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The invention of saintliness
（Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture, 2）
Routledge, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume discusses, from an historical and literary angle, the ways in which sanctification and the inscription of saintliness take place. Going beyond the traditional categories of canonization, cult, liturgical veneration and hagiographical lives, the work raises fundamental issues concerning definitions of saints and saintliness in a period before the concept was crystallized in canon law. As well as discussing sources and methodology, contributions cover contextual issues, including relics and veneration, life and the afterlife, and examinations of specific sources and texts. Subjects raised include the idea of hagiography as intimate biography, perceptions of holiness in writings by and about female mystics, and bodily aspects of the Franciscan search for evangelical perfection.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Contexts: the Cult of Saints and the Invention of Saintliness
Part III: Texts: the Lives of Saints and the Invention of Saintliness
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