Saints as intercessors between the wealthy and the divine: art and hagiography among the medieval merchant classes
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN :
9780815399803
Date de publication :
2 mai 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
668 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.