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In Saints and Society , Donald Weinstein and Rudolph M. Bell examine the lives of 864 saints who lived between 1000 and 1700 and the perceptions of sanctity prevalent in late medieval and early modern Europe. They also provide a substantial body of information on the people among whom the saints lived and by whom they came to be venerated. In the first part, the authors give close consideration to what the saints' lives reveal about childhood, adolescence, and adulthood; the impact of religious inspiration upon family bonds; and family influences upon religious behavior. The second part provides a composite picture of piety and its changing configuration in Latin Christendom. With the assistance of statistical analysis, the authors answer questions involving the popular perception of holiness, social class, and gender. ** Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction: The Historian and the Hagiographer 14 Part I: The Call to Holiness 30 1. Children 32 2. Adolescents 61 3. Chastity 86 4. Adults 113 Appendix to Part I: Statistical Profiles of Saints 134 Part II: Perceptions of Sanctity 152 5. Who Was a Saint? 154 6. Place 179 7. Class 207 8. Men and Women 233 C

Author

Donald Weinstein and Rudolph M. Bell

Publisher

University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226890555

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, History