| Description |
xviii, 456 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Historical Formations of the Cult of Saints. 1. Formations and Transformations of the Cult of Saints: Fourth through Twelfth Centuries. 2. The Historical Character of Pictorial Hagiographies -- Pt. II. A Case Study: St. Amand d'Elnone, 1066-1180. 3. The Formation of a Pictorial Hagiography: Manuscript 502. 4. St. Amand and Its Cult between 1066 and 1107: Manuscript 502. 5. St. Amand and Its Cult between 1107 and 1180: Manuscripts 501 and 300 -- App. 1 Cult Development for Saints Whose Lives Were Illustrated, with Graphic Chart -- App. 2 Map of Major Sites -- App. 3 Chronology and Synopses of Pictorial Hagiographies -- App. 4 Chart Showing Distribution of Subjects in Illustrated Saints' Lives -- App. 5 Contents and Analytic Comparisons of the Illustrated Lives of Saint Amand: Manuscripts 502, 501, 500 |
| Summary |
The Medieval Cult of Saints: Formations and Transformations explores the political economy and visual topography of the cult of saints in Medieval Europe. Especially in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, liturgies for the veneration of saints were incorporated into public spectacles staged in sumptuous architecture and coordinated with market fairs that attracted audiences of locals and pilgrim visitors. Using more than thirty picture cycles of saints' lives in a range of media, published together for the first time, Abou-El-Haj examines a spectrum of cult practices. She argues that repeated and emphasized subjects visualized renewal, expansion, and fierce competition among cults, whether displayed in private or in public spaces. She then applies her results to the history of one monastery and its cult, St. Amand d'Elnone, where three distinct illustrated versions of its patron's life, produced over a hundred years, document how the covent shifted the visual record of its patron as it devised economic strategies to protect its property and privileges. Charts, a map, lists, iconographic and comparative analyses, and 206 plates survey the statistical, temporal, and spatial distribution of the cults, as well as the sources for the St. Amand manuscripts |
| Analysis |
Art, General |
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Geschichte |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-304) and index |
| Subject |
Amand, Saint, approximately 584-approximately 676 -- Cult -- History -- To 1500.
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Amand, Saint, approximately 584-approximately 676 -- Cult.
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Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (Abbey)
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Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (Abbey) -- History -- To 1500.
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Architecture and religion.
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Art and religion.
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Christian saints -- Cult -- History -- To 1500.
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Christian saints -- Cult -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Christian saints -- Cult -- Europe -- History.
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Saints -- history.
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| LC no. |
92036929 |
| ISBN |
0521393167 (hardback) |
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