Promoting the Saints

Promoting the Saints
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Publisher : Central European University Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9789639776944
ISBN-13 : 9639776947
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Book Synopsis Promoting the Saints by : Ottó Gecser

Download or read book Promoting the Saints written by Ottó Gecser and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The studies in this volume concentrate on a complex set of socio-cultural phenomena, the cult of saints, in a variety of regions from Egypt to Poland, with a focus on Italy and Central Europe. The subjects of the contributions range in time from the fourth until the eighteenth century. The diversity of approaches adopted by the contributors—from literary analysis and historical anthropology to archaeology and art history—represents that open and multidisciplinary historical research that characterizes the work of Gábor Klaniczay to whom these essays are dedicated.

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