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This is a study of the symbolism of Joan of Arc in her own time and ever since in literature, politics, on the stage, and on screen.
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This volume consists of collected individual studies occurring in context of the Athanasius Werke (the works of Athanasius of Alexandria), dealing with the ""Pseudo-Athanasiana"", the reception of Athanasius of Alexandria's works in Latin and Armenian, selected documents from the Trinitarian Controversy and the history of the Athanasius Werke.
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The first translation into English of the complete correspondence of the remarkable twelfth-century Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), this study consists of nearly four hundred letters, in four projected volumes. Addressed to some of the most notable people of the day, as well as to some of humble status, the correspondence reveals the saint in ways her more famous works leave obscure: as determined reformer, as castigating seer, as theoretical musician, as patient adviser, as exorcist. Sometimes diffident and restrained, sometimes thunderously imperious, her letters are indi
Christian saints --- Saints --- Canonization --- Hildegard,
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This volume analyses the phenomenon of the thefts of sacred relics in Medieval Italy, in particular through the stealthy translationes, the hagiographic stories narrating the transfer of the relics from one place to another after they were stolen. Thanks to the study of historical contexts, narrative dynamics, literary themes and anthropological aspects, the book attempts to reconstruct the richness and complexity of the phenomenon over the centuries, tracing the history of this specific aspect of the cult of saints, which is also the history of the culture and religious imagery of the Middle Ages.
Christian saints --- Cult --- History of doctrines
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