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Book/Printed Material The devotion and promotion of stigmatics in Europe, c. 1800-1950 : between saints and celebrities

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Title

  • The devotion and promotion of stigmatics in Europe, c. 1800-1950 : between saints and celebrities

Summary

  • "In the nineteenth century a new type of mystic emerged in Catholic Europe. While cases of stigmatisation had been reported since the thirteenth century, this era witnessed the development of the 'stigmatic': young women who attracted widespread interest thanks to the appearance of physical stigmata. To understand the popularity of these stigmatics we need to regard them as the 'saints' and religious 'celebrities' of their time. With their 'miraculous' bodies, they fit contemporary popular ideas (if not necessarily those of the Church) of what sanctity was. As knowledge about them spread via modern media and their fame became marketable, they developed into religious 'celebrities'"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Osselaer, Tine van, author
  • Graus, Andrea, author
  • Rossi, Leonardo, 1989- author
  • Smeyers, Kristof, 1988- author

Created / Published

  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Headings

  • -  Fame--Religious aspects--Christianity
  • -  Stigmatics--Europe--Public opinion
  • -  Stigmatization--Social aspects--Europe
  • -  Women in the Catholic Church--Europe
  • -  Europe--Religious life and customs--History--19th century
  • -  Europe--Religious life and customs--History--20th century

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BV5091.S7

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020031449

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Osselaer, Tine Van, Author, Andrea Graus, Leonardo Rossi, and Kristof Smeyers. The Devotion and Promotion of Stigmatics in Europe, C. 1800 to 1950: Between Saints and Celebrities. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2021] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020031449/.

APA citation style:

Osselaer, T. V., Graus, A., Rossi, L. & Smeyers, K. (2021) The Devotion and Promotion of Stigmatics in Europe, C. 1800 to 1950: Between Saints and Celebrities. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020031449/.

MLA citation style:

Osselaer, Tine Van, Author, et al. The Devotion and Promotion of Stigmatics in Europe, C. 1800 to 1950: Between Saints and Celebrities. [Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2021] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020031449/>.