{"product_id":"the-lay-saint-charity-and-charismatic-authority-in-medieval-italy-1150-1350-hardback-9781501740206","title":"The Lay Saint; Charity and Charismatic Authority in Medieval Italy, 1150–1350 (Hardback) 9781501740206","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Lay Saint\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCharity and Charismatic Authority in Medieval Italy, 1150–1350\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Harvey Doyno (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501740206\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 10 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lay Saint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Mary Harvey Doyno investigates the phenomenon of saintly cults that formed around pious merchants, artisans, midwives, domestic servants, and others in the medieval communes of northern and central Italy\u003c\/b\u003e. Drawing on a wide array of sources—\u003ci\u003evitae\u003c\/i\u003e documenting their saintly lives and legends, miracle books, religious art, and communal records—Doyno uses the rise of and tensions surrounding these civic cults to explore medieval notions of lay religiosity, charismatic power, civic identity, and the church's authority in this period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough claims about laymen's and laywomen's miraculous abilities challenged the church's expanding political and spiritual dominion, both papal and civic authorities, Doyno finds, vigorously promoted their cults. She shows that this support was neither a simple reflection of the extraordinary lay religious zeal that marked late medieval urban life nor of the Church's recognition of that enthusiasm. Rather, the history of lay saints' cults powerfully illustrates the extent to which lay Christians embraced the \u003ci\u003evita apostolic\u003c\/i\u003e—the ideal way of life as modeled by the Apostles—and of the church's efforts to restrain and manage such claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart One: Creating a Lay Ideal\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. From Charisma to Charity: Lay Sanctity in the Twelfth-Century Communes\u003cbr\u003e 2. Charity as Social Justice: The Birth of the Communal Lay Saint\u003cbr\u003e 3. Civic Patron as Ideal Citizen: The Cult of Pier \"Pettinaio\" of Siena\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Two: The Female Lay Saint\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e4. Classifying Laywomen: The Female\u003cbr\u003e 5. Zita of Lucca: The Outlier\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Three: From Civic Saint to Lay Visionary\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e6. Margaret of Cartona: Between Civic Saint and Franciscan Visionary\u003cbr\u003e 7. Envisioning an Order: The Last Lay Saints\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702521688344,"sku":"9781501740206","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-lay-saint-charity-and-charismatic-authority-in-medieval-italy-1150-1350-hardback-9781501740206","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}