A Question of Tradition: Catholic Reformers on Gregory the Great's Beard
This article investigates the ideological implications of Pope Gregory the Great's beard for Catholic reformers of the sixteenth century. It argues that the portrayal of Gregory as clean-shaven, with a "moderate" beard, or with a long bushy beard (all representations that are to be fo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
2020
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 651-686 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CE Christian art KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KCB Papacy KCD Hagiography; saints KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
17TH century Catholic Church history
B CATHOLIC Church & art B GREGORY I, Pope, ca. 540-604 B Saints in art B 16TH century Catholic Church history B BEARDS in art B BEARDS in religion B COUNTER-Reformation & art |
| Summary: | This article investigates the ideological implications of Pope Gregory the Great's beard for Catholic reformers of the sixteenth century. It argues that the portrayal of Gregory as clean-shaven, with a "moderate" beard, or with a long bushy beard (all representations that are to be found in sixteenth-and seventeenth-century Roman art and scholarship) take us to the heart of interlocking Catholic Reform debates on the "Romanness" of the Roman church and the vexed question of how to evaluate late antique and medieval Christian tradition for the Christian present. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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