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Amsterdam University Press Saints, Infirmity, and Community in the Late Middle Ages (Premodern Health, Disease, and Disability)

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Bodily suffering and patient, Christlike attitudes towards that suffering were among the key characteristics of sainthood throughout the medieval period. Saints, Infirmity, and Community in the Late Middle Ages analyses the meanings given to putative saints’ bodily infirmities in late medieval canonization hearings. How was an individual saint’s bodily ailment investigated in the inquests, and how did the witnesses (re)construct the saintly candidates’ ailments? What meanings were given to infirmity when providing proofs for holiness? This study depicts holy infirmity as an aspect of sanctity that is largely defined within the community, in continual dialogue with devotees, people suffering from doubt, the holy person, and the cultural patterns ascribed to saintly life. Furthermore, it analyses how the meanings given to saints’ infirmities influenced and reflected society’s attitudes towards bodily ailments ― or dis/ability ― in general.

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Brand: Amsterdam University Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 9462983372
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Medieval
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 December 2025
Listed Since: 18 January 2020

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