The Holy Land in observant Franciscan texts (c. 1480-1650): theology, travel, and territoriality
"In The Holy Land in Observant Franciscan Texts (c. 1480-1650) Marianne Ritsema van Eck analyses the development of the complex Observant Franciscan engagement with the Holy Land during the early modern period. During these eventful centuries friars of the Franciscan establishment in Jerusalem...
| Published in: | The medieval Franciscans |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
The medieval Franciscans (volume 17)
Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | The medieval Franciscans
volume 17 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Franciscans
/ Palestine
/ Pilgrimage
/ Travel description
/ History 1480-1650
/ Franciscans
/ Literature
/ Palestine (Motif)
/ History 1480-1650
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBL Near East and North Africa KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Franciscans (Palestine)
B Literature B Authorship B Christianity and geography B Palestine |
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| Summary: | "In The Holy Land in Observant Franciscan Texts (c. 1480-1650) Marianne Ritsema van Eck analyses the development of the complex Observant Franciscan engagement with the Holy Land during the early modern period. During these eventful centuries friars of the Franciscan establishment in Jerusalem increasingly sought to cultivate strong ideological ties between themselves and the Holy Land, participating actively in contemporary literatures of geographia sacra and Levantine pilgrimage and travel. It becomes clear how the friars constructed a collective memory using the ideological canon of their order - featuring Bonaventurian theology, marvels of the east, cartography, apocalyptic visions of history, calls for Crusade, and finally a possessio-pilgrimage of the Holy Land by Francis"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 232-254 |
| ISBN: | 9004400346 |