cam a22 4 4500 594462479 CHVBK 20201127100043.0 200201s2020 ne |||| 000 0 eng|d 94-6298-337-2 978-94-6298-337-3 (OCoLC)1137807665 (IDSBB)007211535 YDX ger YDX BDX ERASA OCLCQ SzZuIDS BS/BE B583 rda D900 940.1 Kuuliala Jenni (DE-588)104284674X Verfasser aut Saints, infirmity, and community in the late Middle Ages Jenni Kuuliala Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2020] 235 Seiten Text txt rdacontent/ger ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/ger Band nc rdacarrier/ger Premodern health, disease, and disability 4 4 (IDSBB)007206210 594186056 Bodily suffering and patient, Christlike attitudes towards that suffering were among the key characteristics of sainthood throughout the medieval period. Drawing on new work in medieval dis/ability studies, this book 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 in general Geschichte 1250-1500 gnd Gemeinschaft (DE-588)4020015-2 gnd Heiliger (DE-588)4024055-1 gnd Krankheit (DE-588)4032844-2 gnd Schwäche (DE-588)4180304-8 gnd BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 IDSBB B583 B583 583LS IMG WZ 54 K97 NELB5832009 IDSBB 100 1- Kuuliala Jenni (DE-588)104284674X Verfasser aut IDSBB 490 0- Premodern health, disease, and disability 4 4 (IDSBB)007206210 594186056 SWISSBIB 594462479