The Devotion and Promotion of Stigmatics in Europe, C. 1800-1950 : : Between Saints and Celebrities / / Tine Van Osselaer [and three others].
In the nineteenth century a new type of mystic emerged in Catholic Europe. While cases of stigmatisation had been reported since the thirteenth century, this era witnessed the development of the 'stigmatic': young women who attracted widespread interest thanks to the appearance of physical...
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| Superior document: | Numen Book Series ; Volume 167 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Numen numerus ;
Volume 167. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Summary: | In the nineteenth century a new type of mystic emerged in Catholic Europe. While cases of stigmatisation had been reported since the thirteenth century, this era witnessed the development of the 'stigmatic': young women who attracted widespread interest thanks to the appearance of physical stigmata. To understand the popularity of these stigmatics we need to regard them as the 'saints' and religious 'celebrities' of their time. With their 'miraculous' bodies, they fit contemporary popular ideas (if not necessarily those of the Church) of what sanctity was. As knowledge about them spread via modern media and their fame became marketable, they developed into religious 'celebrities'. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9004439358 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Tine Van Osselaer [and three others]. |