Communities of Saint Martin : Legend and Ritual in Medieval Tours /

Communities of Saint Martin : Legend and Ritual in Medieval Tours / / Sharon Farmer.

Sharon Farmer here investigates the ways in which three medieval communities-the town of Tours, the basilica of Saint-Martin there, and the abbey of Marmoutier nearby-all defined themselves through the cult of Saint Martin. She demonstrates how in the early Middle Ages the bishops of Tours used the...

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Farmer, Sharon A.
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca : : Cornell University Press,, 1991.
©1991.
Year of Publication:1991
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 358 p. :); ill. ;
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Martin's Town: From Unity to Duality
  • Introduction
  • 1. Martinopolis (ca. 37I-I050)
  • 2. Excluding the Center: Monastic Exemption and Liturgical Realignment in Tours
  • PART 2. Marmoutier
  • Introduction
  • 3. History, Legitimacy, and Motivation in Marmoutier's Literature for the Angevins
  • 4. Marmoutier and the Salvation of the Counts of Blois
  • 5. Individual Motivation, Collective Responsibility: Reinforcing Bonds of Community
  • 6. Preservation through Time: Historical Consciousness at Marmoutier
  • PART 3. The Chapter of Saint-Martin
  • Introduction
  • 7. The Corporate Identity of the Canons of Saint-Martin
  • 8. Saint Martin's Diocese: The Appropriation of Episcopal Symbols
  • 9. Martin's New Town: Dominance and Resistance in Chateauneuf
  • Conclusion
  • Source Appendix
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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