RT Book
T1 Hagiography and the cult of saints: the diocese of Orléans, 800-1200
T2 Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought
A1 Head, Thomas
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1990
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883360357
AB This is a study of the place of patron saints in Frankish society during the Carolingian and early Capetian periods. The book focuses on the composition of works in praise of dead holy people - hagiography - and the veneration of their physical remains - the cult of saints. It examines the patrons of a single diocese, Orléans, because a saint's power of patronage was defined in terms of a particular locale. Beyond the documentation of this region's textual and institutional traditions, the book explores the uses made of sanctity and patronage by the Franks. These so-called 'fathers' protected monasteries against interference by ecclesiastical and secular authorities. Moreover, as inhabitants of God's court of heaven, these 'fathers' served monks and laypeople as intercessors with God in matters of sin and disease. Thus they provided, in the Orléanais and elsewhere, an important source of power and authority, as well as an aspect of Christian belief which was shared by clergy and laity.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BX4659.F8
SN 9780511562457
K1 Christian saints : Cult : France : Orléans Region : History of doctrines, Middle Ages, 600-1500.
K1 Christian hagiography : History, To 1500.
K1 Christian hagiography : History : To 1500
K1 Christian saints : Cult : France : Orléans Region : History of doctrines : Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Christian saints ; Cult ; France ; Orléans Region ; History of doctrines ; Middle Ages, 600-1500
K1 Christian hagiography ; History ; To 1500
K1 Orléans Region (France) ; Church history
K1 Orléans Region (France) : Church history.
K1 Orléans Region (France) : Church history
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511562457