Images of Sainthood in Medieval Europe: Flemish Missionary and Chinese Painter

by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

Book Overview

This handsomely illustrated book suggests new ways of understanding a cultural institution central to the spiritual and artistic imagination of the Middle Ages. Bringing together fourteen essays by contributors representing a number of disciplines, it illuminates such key issues as the place of sanctity in society, the role of gender in the representation of sainthood, and the use of hagiographic conventions in other genres.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801497450
• ISBN13: 9780801497452
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"