Fiction, Memory, and Identity in the Cult of St. Maurus, 830–1270
Author:   John B. Wickstrom
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2022 ed.
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9783030869472


Pages:   388
Publication Date:   12 January 2023
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Fiction, Memory, and Identity in the Cult of St. Maurus, 830–1270


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This book explores one of the most significant medieval saints’ cults, that of St. Maurus, the first known disciple of Saint Benedict. Despite the centrality of this story to the myth of medieval Benedictine culture, no major scholarly work has been devoted to Maurus since the late nineteenth century. Drawing on memory studies, this book investigates the origins and history of the cult, from the ninth-century Life of St. Maurus by Odo, abbot of Glanfueil, to its appropriation and re-shaping by three powerful abbeys through to the thirteenth century—Fossés, Cluny, and Montecassino. It traces how these institutions deployed caches of mostly forged documents (many translated here for the first time) to adapt the cult to their aspirations and, moreover, considers how the cult adapted itself further, to face the challenges of the modern world. 

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Author:   John B. Wickstrom
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2022 ed.
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9783030869472


ISBN 10:   3030869474
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   12 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The Invention of St. Maurus .- 2. Building the Shrine and its Story .- 3. Destruction, Restoration, and Reform .- 4. The Bishop, the Abbot, and the Invention of the Cult .- 5. Appropriating the Cult I: Maurus at Fleury and Fossés Abbey .- 6. Shaping the Past in the Glanfeuil Cartulary .- 7. A New Church and New Liturgies .- 8. Appropriating the Cult II, Maurus and Cluny .- 9. Appropriating the Cult III: Constructed Memories at Montecassino .- 10. Epilogue. 

Reviews

Fiction, Memory, and Identity in the Cult of St. Maurus, 830-1270 ... may be confidently recommended as an essential addition to any monastic library. ... The indexing, bibliography and footnotes are comprehensive, and provide everything for which the potential researcher might wish. Fiction, Memory, and Identity in the Cult of St. Maurus, 830-1270 is an important and substantial contribution to medieval monastic studies, and is to be recommended accordingly. (Robert Nixon, American Benedictine Review, Vol. 73 (3), September, 2022)


“Fiction, Memory, and Identity in the Cult of St. Maurus, 830–1270 … may be confidently recommended as an essential addition to any monastic library. … The indexing, bibliography and footnotes are comprehensive, and provide everything for which the potential researcher might wish. Fiction, Memory, and Identity in the Cult of St. Maurus, 830–1270 is an important and substantial contribution to medieval monastic studies, and is to be recommended accordingly.” (Robert Nixon, American Benedictine Review, Vol. 73 (3), September, 2022)


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John B. Wickstrom is Professor Emeritus at Kalamazoo College, USA.

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