Trace and aura: the recurring lives of St. Ambrose of Milan
Prologue: That which returns to the same place -- The archaeology of a proper name (1447) -- Ambrose as self-inventor (374) -- "But the whole was myself": Ambrose and Augustine (384-386) -- Paulinus of Milan : a first crisis in the memory of Ambrose (397-430) -- The first showdown : Ambros...
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| Language: | English |
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[2022]
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Bishops (Italy) (Milan) Biography
B Christianity and politics (Italy) (Milan) History To 1500 B Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan (-397) Influence B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
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| Summary: | Prologue: That which returns to the same place -- The archaeology of a proper name (1447) -- Ambrose as self-inventor (374) -- "But the whole was myself": Ambrose and Augustine (384-386) -- Paulinus of Milan : a first crisis in the memory of Ambrose (397-430) -- The first showdown : Ambrose and the Basilicas (386) -- Legendary topography of Ambrose's memory in Milan (5th-16th century) -- A life in pieces : the golden altar and the Carolingian crystallization of Ambrosian memory (9th century) -- Seeing Ambrose : ghostly tales (10th-11th century) -- Reading Ambrose : textual tales (4th-12th century) -- Seeing Ambrose again : visual tales (12th century) -- The saintly knight (13th-14th century) -- The breach (1447-1450) -- Forgetting, then starting over (1450-1550) -- Mysterious beginnings : the invention of a liturgical tradition (15th-9th century) -- The magic of hymns : singing as in Ambrose's Tim -- The ministry of glory : the last of the new Ambroses. "From one of the foremost medievalists of our time, a groundbreaking work on history and memory that goes well beyond the life of this influential saint. Elected bishop of Milan by popular acclaim in 374, Ambrose went on to become one of the four original Doctors of the Church. There is much more to this book, however, than the compelling story of the bishop who baptized Saint Augustine in the fourth century. Trace and Aura investigates how a crucial figure from the past can return in different guises over and over again, in a city that he inspired and shaped through his beliefs and political convictions. His recurring lives actually span more than ten centuries, from the fourth to the fourteenth. In the process of following Ambrose's various reincarnations, Patrick Boucheron draws compelling connections between religion, government, tyranny, the Italian commune, Milan's yearning for autonomy, and many other aspects of this fascinating relationship between a city and its spiritual mentor who strangely seems to resist being manipulated by the needs and ambitions of those in power"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in French as La trace et l'aura : vies posthumes d'Ambroise de Milan (IVe-XVIe siècle) in 2019 by Éditions du Seuil, Paris." Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1635420067 |