Saints, infirmity, and community in the late Middle Ages

Bodily suffering and patient, Christlike attitudes towards that suffering were among the key characteristics of sainthood throughout the medieval period. Drawing on new work in medieval dis/ability studies, this book analyses the meanings given to putative saints' bodily infirmities in late med...

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Main Author: Kuuliala, Jenni ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2020]
In:Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Premodern health, disease, and disability 4
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Saint / Weakness / Disease / Community / History 1250-1500
Further subjects:B History of Medicine
B Saints chrétiens - Culte
B Médecine médiévale
B To 1500
B History, Medieval
B Disability studies Religious aspects
B Christian saints Cult
B Human Body Religious aspects
B History
B Corps humain - Aspect religieux
B Medieval History
B ability / Hagiography, canonization, sainthood, dis
B Disability: social aspects
B Canonization History To 1500
B Christian saints Diseases
B Christian saints - Cult
B Human body - Religious aspects
B Medicine - Religious aspects
B Médecine - Aspect religieux
B History of religion
B Suffering - Religious aspects - Christianity
B Études sur le handicap - Aspect religieux
B Saints chrétiens - Maladies
B Medicine, Medieval
B RELIGION - Christianity - Saints & Sainthood
B Suffering Religious aspects Christianity
B Medicine Religious aspects
B Social and cultural history
B Canonization
B Religion and Medicine
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Summary:Bodily suffering and patient, Christlike attitudes towards that suffering were among the key characteristics of sainthood throughout the medieval period. Drawing on new work in medieval dis/ability studies, this book analyses the meanings given to putative saints' bodily infirmities in late medieval canonization hearings. How was an individual saint's bodily ailment investigated in the inquests, and how did the witnesses (re)construct the saintly candidates' ailments? What meanings were given to infirmity when providing proofs for holiness? This study depicts holy infirmity as an aspect of sanctity that is largely defined within the community, in continual dialogue with devotees, people suffering from doubt, the holy person, and the cultural patterns ascribed to saintly life. Furthermore, it analyses how the meanings given to saints' infirmities influenced and reflected society's attitudes towards bodily ailments in general
ISBN:9048533341