Saints as intercessors between the wealthy and the divine: art and hagiography among the medieval merchant classes
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367786458
Date de publication :
31 mars 2021
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
580 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Offering snapshots of mercantile devotion to saints in different regions, this volume is the first to explicitly ask how merchants invoked saints, and why. The essays in this collection, written from diverse angles, range across later medieval western Europe, from Spain to Italy to England and the Hanseatic League.