TY - BOOK ID - 5361159 TI - Communities of Saint Martin : Legend and Ritual in Medieval Tours PY - 1991 SN - 0801423910 9780801423918 1501740598 1501740601 PB - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Martin, KW - Cult KW - Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours KW - Marmoutier (Abbey : Tours, France) KW - History KW - Tours (France) KW - Church history KW - Histoire religieuse KW - Christian saints KW - History of doctrines KW - History. KW - Church history. KW - Martin, Saint, Bishop of Tours, KW - Abbaye de Marmoutier (Tours, France) KW - Tours (France). KW - Basilique Saint-Martin (Tours, France) KW - Saint-Martin (Church : Tours, France) KW - Tours. KW - Turonum (France) KW - Augusta Turonum (France) KW - Caesarodunum (France) KW - Caesarodunum Turonum (France) KW - Martinopolis (France) KW - Thoronus (France) KW - Thuro (France) KW - Thuronum (France) KW - Torenorum Civitas (France) KW - Toronus (France) KW - Turenorum Civitas (France) KW - Turonensium Civitas (France) KW - Turones (France) KW - Turonia (France) KW - Turonica Civitas (France) KW - Turonium (France) KW - Turonorum Civitas (France) KW - Civitas Turonum (France) KW - Ville de Tours (France) KW - Tours (Indre-et-Loire, France) KW - Cult. KW - Christian saints - Cult - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Martin, - Saint, Bishop of Tours, - approximately 316-397 - Cult - France - Tours KW - Tours (France) - Church history KW - Martin, - Saint, Bishop of Tours, - approximately 316-397 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5361159 AB - Sharon Farmer here investigates the ways in which three medieval communities-the town of Tours, the basilica of Saint-Martin there, and the abbey of Marmoutier nearby-all defined themselves through the cult of Saint Martin. She demonstrates how in the early Middle Ages the bishops of Tours used the cult of Martin, their fourthcentury predecessor, to shape an idealized image of Tours as Martin's town. As the heirs to Martin's see, the bishops projected themselves as the rightful leaders of the community. However, in the late eleventh century, she shows, the canons of Saint-Martin (where the saint's relics resided) and the monks of Marmoutier (which Martin had founded) took control of the cult and produced new legends and rituals to strengthen their corporate interests. Since the basilica and the abbey differed in their spiritualities, structures, and external ties, the canons and monks elaborated and manipulated Martin's cult in quite different ways. Farmer shows how one saint's cult lent itself to these varying uses, and analyzes the strikingly dissimilar Martins that emerged. Her skillful inquiry into the relationship between group identity and cultural expression illuminates the degree to which culture is contested territory. Farmer's rich blend of social history and hagiography will appeal to a wide range of medievalists, cultural anthropologists, religious historians, and urban historians. ER -