Saints and their cults : studies in religious sociology, folklore, and history / edited with introduction and annotated bibliography by Stephen Wilson.

Contributor(s): Wilson, Stephen, 1941-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge Cambridgeshire ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983Description: xii, 435 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0521249783Subject(s): Christian saints -- Cult | Muslim saints -- CultDDC classification: 270 LOC classification: BX4655.2 | .S23 1983Online resources: Publisher description
Contents:
Introduction / Stephen Wilson -- St. Besse: a study of an Alpine cult / Robert Hertz -- Ancient Byzantine hagiography and social history / Evelyne Patlagean -- Humiliation of saints / Patrick Geary -- The cult of St. Denis and Capetian kingship / Gabrielle M. Spiegel -- The politics of canonization in the thirteenth century: lay and Mendicant saints / Michael Goodich -- Towards a sociology study of canonized sainthood in the Catholic Church / Pierre Delooz -- Religious feeling and popular cults during the French Revolution: 'patriot saints' and martyrs for liberty / Albert Soboul -- Cults of saints in the churches of central Paris / Stephen Wilson -- The Portuguese romarias / Pierre Sanchis -- The cult of saints among the Muslims of Nepal and northern India / Marc Gaborieau.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 311-417.

Introduction / Stephen Wilson -- St. Besse: a study of an Alpine cult / Robert Hertz -- Ancient Byzantine hagiography and social history / Evelyne Patlagean -- Humiliation of saints / Patrick Geary -- The cult of St. Denis and Capetian kingship / Gabrielle M. Spiegel -- The politics of canonization in the thirteenth century: lay and Mendicant saints / Michael Goodich -- Towards a sociology study of canonized sainthood in the Catholic Church / Pierre Delooz -- Religious feeling and popular cults during the French Revolution: 'patriot saints' and martyrs for liberty / Albert Soboul -- Cults of saints in the churches of central Paris / Stephen Wilson -- The Portuguese romarias / Pierre Sanchis -- The cult of saints among the Muslims of Nepal and northern India / Marc Gaborieau.

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