The Stigmata in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 February 2020
- ISBN 9780198795643
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages308 pages
- Size 240x165x27 mm
- Weight 640 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 22 Half-tones 0
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Short description:
This study traces the birth and evolution of religious stigmata and particularly of stigmatic theology, as understood through the ensemble of theological discussions and devotional practices.
MoreLong description:
Francis of Assisi's reported reception of the stigmata on Mount La Verna in 1224 is often considered to be the first account of an individual receiving the five wounds of Christ. The thirteenth-century appearance of this miracle, however, is not as unexpected as it first seems. Interpretations of Galatians 6:17-I bear the stigmata of the Lord Jesus Christ in my body-had been circulating in biblical commentaries since late antiquity. These works explained stigmata as wounds that martyrs, like the apostle Paul, received in their attempt to spread Christianity in the face of resistance. By the seventh century, stigmata were described as marks of Christ that priests received invisibly at their ordination. In the eleventh century, monks and nuns were perceived as bearing the stigmata in so far as they lived a life of renunciation out of love for Christ. By the later Middle Ages, women (such as Catherine of Siena) were described as having stigmata more frequently than were men. With the religious upheavals of the sixteenth century, the way stigmata were defined reflected the diverse perceptions of Christianity held by Catholics and Protestants.
Muessig's contribution stands-and I believe will continue to stand for a long time to come-as the seminal work on medieval and early-modern stigmatization.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Introduction: The History and Historiography of Christian Stigmatization
1. Bearing the Stigmata: The Emergence of a Religious Ideal
2. Francis of Assisi: A Paradigm Shift
3. The Mark of a Saintly Woman
4. Catherine of Siena: Stigmatic Diversity
5. Receivers and Deceivers: True and False Stigmatics
6. Stigmata in an Age of Religious Change
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index
