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Author Zoitou, Sofia, author

Title Staging holiness : the case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) / by Sofia Zoitou
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
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Series Mediterranean art histories - studies in visual cultures and artistic transfers from late antiquity to the modern period, 2213-3399 ; volume 3
Contents The Hospitallers' institutions -- The Borgo and the area outside the walls -- Our Lady of Phileremos
Summary "In Staging Holiness. The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. Scrutinizing late medieval travel reports by pilgrims from all over Europe along with extant historical, archaeological, visual and material evidence, Sofia Zoitou traces the various forms of the Rhodian cultic sites' evolution and perception, ultimately considered as an overall artistic strategy for the staging of the sacred"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Knights of Malta -- Greece -- Rhodes (Island) -- History -- To 1500
SUBJECT Knights of Malta fast
Subject Hospitalers -- Greece -- Rhodes (Island) -- History -- To 1500
Religious articles -- Greece -- Rhodes (Island) -- History -- To 1500
Travelers' writings, European -- History and criticism
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Israel -- History
HISTORY / General
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Hospitalers
Religious articles
Travelers' writings, European
SUBJECT Rhodes (Greece : Island) -- Church history
Subject Greece -- Rhodes (Island)
Israel
Genre/Form Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020046626
ISBN 9789004444225
900444422X