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Sanctity and Pilgrimage in Medieval Southern Italy, 1000–1200
Paul Oldfield
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Description for Sanctity and Pilgrimage in Medieval Southern Italy, 1000–1200
hardcover. Integrates the analysis of sanctity with that of pilgrimage, offering important new insights into society, cross-cultural interaction and faith. Num Pages: 322 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
Southern Italy's strategic location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean gave it a unique position as a frontier for the major religious faiths of the medieval world, where Latin Christian, Greek Christian and Muslim communities coexisted. In this study, the first to offer a comprehensive analysis of sanctity and pilgrimage in southern Italy between 1000 and 1200, Paul Oldfield presents a fascinating picture of a politically and culturally fragmented land which, as well as hosting its own important relics as important pilgrimage centres, was a transit point for pilgrims and commercial traffic. Drawing on a diverse range of sources from ... Read more
Southern Italy's strategic location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean gave it a unique position as a frontier for the major religious faiths of the medieval world, where Latin Christian, Greek Christian and Muslim communities coexisted. In this study, the first to offer a comprehensive analysis of sanctity and pilgrimage in southern Italy between 1000 and 1200, Paul Oldfield presents a fascinating picture of a politically and culturally fragmented land which, as well as hosting its own important relics as important pilgrimage centres, was a transit point for pilgrims and commercial traffic. Drawing on a diverse range of sources from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107000285
SKU
V9781107000285
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Ref
99-14
About Paul Oldfield
Paul Oldfield is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include City and Community in Norman Italy (Cambridge, 2009).
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