Tine Van Osselaer

Gebundenes Buch

The Devotion and Promotion of Stigmatics in Europe, c. 1800-1950

Beschreibung

This book addresses the 'stigmatic', a new type of mystic of the nineteenth century. Bearing physical stigmata, these young women were regarded as saints and celebrities at the same time, and drew the attention of many.

Autor

Tine Van Osselaer, Ph.D. (2009), KU Leuven, is research professor at the University of Antwerp. She has published on religious history, gender history and history of emotions, including The Pious sex. Catholic constructions of masculinity and femininity in Belgium, c. 1800-1950 (2013). Andrea Graus, Ph.D. (2015), Autonomous University of Barcelona, is Marie Curie fellow at the Centre Alexandre-Koyré (CNRS), and was postdoctoral researcher of the Stigmatics project (University of Antwerp). Her most recent publication is Ciencia y espiritismo en España (Comares, 2019). Leonardo Rossi, University of Antwerp, is a Ph.D. student at that university's Ruusbroec Institute. He has published articles on Italian stigmatics, popular devotion, and the Holy Office in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Kristof Smeyers, University of Antwerp, is a Ph.D. student at that university's Ruusbroec Institute. Recent publications include "Making sense of stigmata: how Victorians understood the wounds of Christ", Journal of Victorian Culture (2019).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: World Bank Publications
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 852g
• ISBN-13: 9789004439191
• ISBN-10: 9004439196
• Artikelnr.: 59958340