Queen of sorrows: plague, piety, and power in late medieval Italy
"This book traces the late medieval rise of Santa Maria di Loreto, a wealthy and powerful Marian shrine in central Italy. Devotees venerated the shrine as an emotional response to multiple plagues, leading to the site's cooptation by the papacy in the fifteenth century"--
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Loreto
/ Marian devotion (motif)
/ Will
/ History 1379-1423
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| Further subjects: | B
Plague
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint Devotion to (Italy) (Loreto) B Plague Social aspects (Italy) History B Basilica della Santa Casa di Loreto History B Loreto, Our Lady of |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "This book traces the late medieval rise of Santa Maria di Loreto, a wealthy and powerful Marian shrine in central Italy. Devotees venerated the shrine as an emotional response to multiple plagues, leading to the site's cooptation by the papacy in the fifteenth century"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xv, 208 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-7591-8 |
