Rediscovering Sainthood in Italy (eBook)

Hagiography and the Late Antique Past in Medieval Ravenna

Edward M. Schoolman (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XXVI, 202 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-349-93225-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Beginning with Saint Barbatianus, a fifth-century wonderworking monk and confessor to the Empress Galla Placidia, this book focuses on the changes in the religious landscape of Ravenna, a former capital of the Late Roman Empire, through the Middle Ages. During this period, written stories about saints and their relics not only offered guidance and solace but were also used by those living among the ruins of a once great city-particularly its archbishops, monks, and the urban aristocracy-to reflect on its past glory. This practice remained important to the citizens of Ravenna as they came to terms with the city's revival and renewed relevance in the tenth century under Ottonian rule. In using the vita of Barbatianus as a central text, Edward M. Schoolman explores how saints and sanctity were created and ultimately came to influence complex political and social networks, from the Late Roman Empire to the High Middle Ages.

Edward M. Schoolman is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsiiiList of AbbreviationsvList of IllustrationsviiIntroduction1Chapter 1: Barbatianus in Late Antiquity161.1:  Locating Barbatianus in the Fifth Century161.2: ‘Foreign’ Saints in the Late Roman Capital201.3: Saints in the Sphere of Galla Placidia221.4: The Other Barbatiani in Late Antiquity33Chapter 2: The Contexts of Medieval Ravenna372.1: The Legend of Barbatianus from the Sixth to the Ninth Century372.2: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Archbishops422.3: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Emperors512.4: Politics of Tenth-Century Ravenna: Nobles542.5: The Monastic Communities and Monastic Reform in Tenth-Century Ravenna552.6: The Monasterium of Barbatianus62Chapter 3: The Hagiographic Landscape of Medieval Ravenna673.1: Approaching Ravenna’s Hagiographic Landscape673.2: Apollinaris and the Ravennate Saints before the Tenth Century713.3: Hagiographic Production of the Tenth Century803.4: The Long Perspective of the Vita et Inventio Sancti Probi853.5: New Monastic Hagiography in Eleventh-Century Ravenna94Chapter 4: The History of the Vita Barbatiani974.1: History of the Vita Barbatiani974.2: Dating the Vita of Barbatianus101Chapter 5: Content and Composition of the Vita Barbatiani1125.1: Content of the Vita Barbatiani1125.2: The Composition of the Vita1215.3: The Miracles of Barbatianus132Chapter 6: Barbatianus in the Later Middle Ages1466.1: Barbatianus in the Eleventh Century and the Sermon of Peter Damian1476.2: The Legend of Barbatianus in the Twelfth Century and Beyond1516.3: Noble and Monastic Diffusion of the Vita Barbatiani157Chapter 7: Conclusions1627.1: Creating Local Saints1697.2: Barbatianus as SurvivorAppendix 1: Translation of the Vita Barbatiani178Appendix 2: Translation of Peter Damian’s On the Feast of St. Barbatianus191Appendix 3: Manuscripts of the Vita sancti Barbatiani203Bibliography209

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: The New Middle Ages
• Reihe/Serie: The New Middle Ages
• Zusatzinfo: XXVI, 202 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: Hagiography • History • History of Religion • Italy • Late Roman Empire • Medieval • Medieval Literature • Middle Ages • Religion • Saint Barbatianus • Sainthood
• ISBN-10: 1-349-93225-6 / 1349932256
• ISBN-13: 978-1-349-93225-2 / 9781349932252