The Invention of Saintliness by Han J. W. Drijvers
English | 20 Jun. 2002 | ISBN: 0415267595 | 233 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | 20 Jun. 2002 | ISBN: 0415267595 | 233 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
This volume discusses, from an historical and literary angle, the ways in which sanctification and the inscription of saintliness take place. Going beyond the traditional categories of canonization, cult, liturgical veneration and hagiographical lives, the work raises fundamental issues concerning definitions of saints and saintliness in a period before the concept was crystallized in canon law.