The making and unmaking of a saint : hagiography and memory in the cult of Gerald of Aurillac
Mathew Kuefler (Author)
The Making and Unmaking of a Saint traces the rise and fall of devotion to Gerald of Aurillac through a millennium, from his death in the tenth century to the attempt to reinvigorate his cult in the nineteenth century
eBook, English, 2014
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014
Electronic books
1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs
9780812245523, 9780812208894, 0812245520, 0812208897
961587457
Note on NamesMaps 1 and 2Introduction: Hagiography, Memory, HistoryChapter 1. Prolegomenon on the Dating and Authorship of the Writings about Gerald of AurillacChapter 2. The First Saint GeraldChapter 3. The Second Saint GeraldChapter 4. Saint Gerald and the Swell of HistoryChapter 5. Saint Gerald and the Ebb of HistoryChapter 6. The Modern Cult of Saint GeraldConclusion: Memory, Sanctity, ViolenceAppendix 1: Translation of the Vita sancti Geraldi breviorAppendix 2: The Manuscripts of the Vita GeraldiNotesBibliographyIndex
In English