From Micro- to Macro-processes of Religious Change: The Holy Name of Jesus and Christocentric Devotion in the Long Fifteenth Century
The article discusses the Europe-wide late medieval phenomenon of the cult of the Holy Name, using it as a case study to discuss the relationship of micro-and macro-historical transformations by scrutinizing the enormous success of a religious innovation which managed to spread to many different loc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Church history and religious culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 99, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 412-439 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Name of Jesus Christ
/ Veneration
/ Religion
/ Social environment
/ History 1247-1550
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CH Christianity and Society KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBF British Isles KDB Roman Catholic Church NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Holy Name
B Christocentric devotion B England B Religion B Religious Field B Medieval History |
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| Summary: | The article discusses the Europe-wide late medieval phenomenon of the cult of the Holy Name, using it as a case study to discuss the relationship of micro-and macro-historical transformations by scrutinizing the enormous success of a religious innovation which managed to spread to many different local contexts and social groups. After pointing out contradictions in earlier explanations of this success, the article gives a detailed reading of several different realizations of this form of devotion, discussing authors like Richard Rolle, but also religious compilations and documentary evidence. This evidence suggests that the meaning and significance of devotion to the Holy Name remained open, malleable and unstable. It therefore appears necessary to engage with the whole range of its representations, and their transmission at different social levels, in order to understand its larger significance in the religious transformations of the long fifteenth century. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09903006 |