Staging holiness: the case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522)
The Hospitallers' institutions -- The Borgo and the area outside the walls -- Our Lady of Phileremos.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2021]
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| In: |
Mediterranean art histories (Volume 3)
Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Mediterranean art histories
Volume 3 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rhodes
/ Pilgrim
/ Relic veneration
/ Sanctuary
/ History 1309-1522
B Rhodes / Malteser / Sacral building / Architecture / Furnishing / Christian art / Pilgrimage / History 1309-1522 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious articles (Greece) (Rhodes (Island))
History To 1500
B Knights of Malta (Greece) (Rhodes (Island)) History To 1500 B Hospitalers (Greece) (Rhodes (Island)) History To 1500 B Rhodes (Greece : Island) Church history B Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages (Israel) History B Thesis B Travelers' writings, European History and criticism |
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| Summary: | The Hospitallers' institutions -- The Borgo and the area outside the walls -- Our Lady of Phileremos. "In Staging Holiness. The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. Scrutinizing late medieval travel reports by pilgrims from all over Europe along with extant historical, archaeological, visual and material evidence, Sofia Zoitou traces the various forms of the Rhodian cultic sites' evolution and perception, ultimately considered as an overall artistic strategy for the staging of the sacred"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 900444422X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004444225 |