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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Harvey DoynoPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9781501740206ISBN 10: 1501740202 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 15 October 2019 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Creating a Lay Ideal 1. From Charisma to Charity: Lay Sanctity in the Twelfth-Century Communes 2. Charity as Social Justice: The Birth of the Communal Lay Saint 3. Civic Patron as Ideal Citizen: The Cult of Pier ""Pettinaio"" of Siena Part Two: The Female Lay Saint 4. Classifying Laywomen: The Female 5. Zita of Lucca: The Outlier Part Three: From Civic Saint to Lay Visionary 6. Margaret of Cartona: Between Civic Saint and Franciscan Visionary 7. Envisioning an Order: The Last Lay Saints Epilogue Bibliography Index"Reviews""The Lay Saint offers the first substantive interpretation of the rise, development, and decline of the phenomenon of 'lay sanctity' in medieval Italy. It will become the book on medieval lay sanctity."" -- Maureen C. Miller, University of California, Berkeley, author of <I>Clothing the Clergy</I> ""This elegant, appealing book will be one that historians want to grapple with, as it weaves a rich and nuanced portrait of the challenges posed by lay religious life."" -- Laura Ackerman Smoller, University of Rochester, author of <I>The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby</I> This elegant, appealing book will be one that historians want to grapple with, as it weaves a rich and nuanced portrait of the challenges posed by lay religious life. -- Laura Ackerman Smoller, University of Rochester, author of <I>The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby</I> The Lay Saint offers the first substantive interpretation of the rise, development, and decline of the phenomenon of 'lay sanctity' in medieval Italy. It will become the book on medieval lay sanctity. -- Maureen C. Miller, University of California, Berkeley, author of <I>Clothing the Clergy</I> Author InformationMary Harvey Doyno is Assistant Professor in the Humanities and Religious Studies Department at California State University, Sacramento. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |