Communicating the Passion
The Socio-Religious Function of an Emotional Narrative (1250-1530)
Edited by Pietro Delcorno Edited by Holly Johnson
This volume investigates the vivid and emotionally intense commemoration of the Passion of Christ as a key element in late medieval religious communication and culture.
This volume investigates the vivid and emotionally intense commemoration of the Passion of Christ as a key element in late medieval religious culture. Its goal is to shed light on how the Passion was communicated and on its socio-religious function in late medieval Europe. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the volume analyses the different media involved in this cultural process (sermons, devotional texts, lively performances, statues, images), the multiple forms and languages in which the Passion was presented to the faithful, and how they were expected to respond to it. Key questions concern the strategies used to present the Passion; the interaction between texts, images, and sounds in different media; the dissemination of theological ideas in the public space; the fashioning of an affective response in the audience; and the presence or absence of anti-Jewish commonplaces. By exploring the interplay among a wide range of sources, this volume highlights the pervasive role of the Passion in late medieval society and in the life of the people of the time.
- Edited by Pietro Delcorno
- Edited by Holly Johnson
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Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Teaching the Emotions in the Early Modern English Sermon, 1600-1642
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Inter-Ethnic Relations and the Functioning of Multi-Ethnic Societies
Cohesion in Multi-Ethnic Societies in Europe from c. 1000 to the Present, II
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Legal Norms and Political Action in Multi-Ethnic Societies
Cohesion in Multi-Ethnic Societies in Europe from c. 1000 to the Present, III
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Republicanism, Sinophilia, and Historical Writing
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Memories in Multi-Ethnic Societies
Cohesion in Multi-Ethnic Societies in Europe from c. 1000 to the Present, I
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Historiography and the Shaping of Regional Identity in Europe
Regions in Clio's Looking Glass
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Sociability and its Discontents
Civil Society, Social Capital, and their Alternatives in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
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