Staging Holiness

Staging Holiness
Author: Sofia Zoitou
Publisher: Mediterranean Art Histories
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004436855

"In Staging Holiness. The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. Scrutinizing late medieval travel reports by pilgrims from all over Europe along with extant historical, archaeological, visual and material evidence, Sofia Zoitou traces the various forms of the Rhodian cultic sites' evolution and perception, ultimately considered as an overall artistic strategy for the staging of the sacred"--

French Chivalry

French Chivalry
Author: Sidney Painter
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2020-02-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1421433176

Originally published in 1940. Chivalry denotes the ideals and practices considered suitable for a noble. The word itself is reminiscent of the aristocratic society of medieval France dominated by mounted warriors. As early as the eleventh century, several different views of chivalric standards and behavior had appeared. During the next four hundred years, these conceptions of the ideal nobleman were developed by and for the feudal ruling class. French Chivalry studies chivalry from the perspectives of both social history and the history of ideas. The first chapter provides readers unfamiliar with medieval history the background required for understanding the chapters on chivalry.

Knights of Malta

Knights of Malta
Author: Roger Peyrefitte
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781013320798

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