A New Aspiring Saint for an Ancient-New Order: Tomás Sánchez Dávila in the Construction of a Historia Sacra Carmelitarum Discalceatorum and a Baroque Saint at the Beginning of the Seventeenth Century

As the British historian Simon Ditchfield pointed out some years ago, in early modern Europe, people used the saints in various ways to fulfill a variety of cultural roles. Following this path, the present article proposes to observe one of the possible ways in which devotees used saints: the constr...

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Main Author: Macías, Facundo Sebastián (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Catholic University of America Press [2020]
In: The catholic historical review
Year: 2020, Volume: 106, Issue: 4, Pages: 576-594
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tomás, de Jesus 1564-1627 / Unbeschuhte Karmeliten / Teresa, de Jesús 1515-1582 / Hagiography / Historiography / Baroque
IxTheo Classification:KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Teresa of Ávila
B historia sacra carmelitarum discalceatorum
B Baroque sanctity
B Tomás Sánchez Dávila
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