Author: Biblioteca Nacional (Chile)
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Author: Laura Ackerman Smoller
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801470978
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365

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Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), a celebrated Dominican preacher from Valencia, was revered as a living saint during his lifetime, receiving papal canonization within fifty years of his death. In The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby, Laura Ackerman Smoller recounts the fascinating story of how Vincent became the subject of widespread devotion, ranging from the saint's tomb in Brittany to cult centers in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and Latin America, where Vincent is still venerated today. Along the way, Smoller traces the long and sometimes contentious process of establishing a stable image of a new saint. Vincent came to be epitomized by a singularly arresting miracle tale in which a mother kills, chops up, and cooks her own baby, only to have the child restored to life by the saint’s intercession. This miracle became a key emblem in the official portrayal of the saint promoted by the papal court and the Dominican order, still haunted by the memory of the Great Schism (1378–1414) that had rent the Catholic Church for nearly forty years. Vincent, however, proved to be a potent religious symbol for others whose agendas did not necessarily align with those of Rome. Whether shoring up the political legitimacy of Breton or Aragonese rulers, proclaiming a new plague saint, or trumpeting their own holiness, individuals imposed their own meanings on the Dominican saint. Drawing on nuanced readings of canonization inquests, hagiography, liturgical sources, art, and devotional materials, Smoller tracks these various appropriations from the time of Vincent’s 1455 canonization through the eve of the Enlightenment. In the process, she brings to life a long, raucous discussion ranging over many centuries. The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby restores the voices of that conversation in all its complexity.

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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 550

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Author: Marcelino A. Foronda
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Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Author: University of Texas at Austin. Library. Latin American Collection
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 772

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Author: Antonio Ovando
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Languages : es
Pages : 50

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Category : Philippines
Languages : es
Pages : 504

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Author: Folke Gernert
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110695758
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Magicians, necromancers and astrologers are assiduous characters in the European golden age theatre. This book deals with dramatic characters who act as physiognomists or palm readers in the fictional world and analyses the fictionalisation of physiognomic lore as a practice of divination in early modern Romance theatre from Pietro Aretino and Giordano Bruno to Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca and Thomas Corneille.

Author: St. Anthony Mary Claret
Publisher: TAN Books
ISBN: 1505104572
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Bares the soul of a saint and reveals the methods which were so successful for him in converting others. From age 5 he was haunted by the thought of the souls about to fall into Hell. This insight fueled his powerful drive to save as many souls as he could.

Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 866

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Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.