Mary Harvey Doyno, . Ithaca, NY, and London: Cornell University Press, 2019, 9 b/w ill.
2 Pages
Open Access
Journal:
Mediaevistik
Volume 32
Issue 1
Year 2020
pp. 511 - 512
Summary
While lay spirituality and even sanctity in Northern Europe found its common expression in beguines or beguards, in Humilitati or Flagellants during the late Middle Ages, in Italy a different phenomenon emerged since the twelfth century, with lay saints being recognized by the urban communities and even by the Church. Mary Harvey Doyno here presents a detailed discussion of the large number of those saints, whose
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- DOI
- 10.3726/med.2019.01.145