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Beschreibung
This book offers a new way of looking at Saint Thomas Aquinas-not as a living man, but as a posthumous source of relics. Marika Räsänen delves deep into the strange relationship between Aquinas's physical remains and the devotional moments they enabled-in many cases in situations where the actual relics were not present, but were recreated verbally, pictorially, or allegorically. Both the actual relics and these extended manifestations of them, Räsänen shows, were equally real to the medieval spectator, though the question of the material presence of Aquinas's remains became increasingly important over time amid the political tumult of southern Italy.
This book offers a new way of looking at Saint Thomas Aquinas-not as a living man, but as a posthumous source of relics. Marika Räsänen delves deep into the strange relationship between Aquinas's physical remains and the devotional moments they enabled-in many cases in situations where the actual relics were not present, but were recreated verbally, pictorially, or allegorically. Both the actual relics and these extended manifestations of them, Räsänen shows, were equally real to the medieval spectator, though the question of the material presence of Aquinas's remains became increasingly important over time amid the political tumult of southern Italy.
Über den Autor
Dr Marika Räsänen , Post-doctoral research fellow at the Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Turku.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, I. The Death of Thomas, 7 March 1274, II. The Miraculous Body at Fossanova, III. Thomas's Land - Praesentia among the Faithful, IV. Written Remembrance of the Remains Conclusion: The Endless Story, Appendix: De sancto Thome de Aquino, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Mittelalter
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781041189572
ISBN-10: 1041189575
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Räsänen, Marika
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Marika Räsänen
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2025
Gewicht: 0,474 kg
Artikel-ID: 134287442