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Author Farmer, Sharon, author.

Title Communities of Saint Martin : Legend and Ritual in Medieval Tours / Sharon Farmer.

Publication Info. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
©1991

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Description 1 online resource : 12 black and white halftones, 5 tables, 6 maps
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Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. Martin's Town: From Unity to Duality -- Introduction -- 1. Martinopolis (ca. 37I-I050) -- 2. Excluding the Center: Monastic Exemption and Liturgical Realignment in Tours -- PART 2. Marmoutier -- Introduction -- 3. History, Legitimacy, and Motivation in Marmoutier's Literature for the Angevins -- 4. Marmoutier and the Salvation of the Counts of Blois -- 5. Individual Motivation, Collective Responsibility: Reinforcing Bonds of Community -- 6. Preservation through Time: Historical Consciousness at Marmoutier -- PART 3. The Chapter of Saint-Martin -- Introduction -- 7. The Corporate Identity of the Canons of Saint-Martin -- 8. Saint Martin's Diocese: The Appropriation of Episcopal Symbols -- 9. Martin's New Town: Dominance and Resistance in Chateauneuf -- Conclusion -- Source Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
Language In English.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019).
Summary Sharon Farmer here investigates the ways in which three medieval communities-the town of Tours, the basilica of Saint-Martin there, and the abbey of Marmoutier nearby-all defined themselves through the cult of Saint Martin ...
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-351) and index.
Subject Martin, Saint, Bishop of Tours, ca. 316-397, Cult -- France -- Tours.
Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours -- History.
Marmoutier (Abbey : Tours, France) -- History.
Martin, Saint, Bishop of Tours, approximately 316-397 -- Cult -- France -- Tours.
Basilique Saint-Martin de Tours
Marmoutier (Abbey : Tours, France)
Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Tours (France) -- Church history.
Saints chrétiens -- Culte -- Histoire des doctrines -- 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
European history.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages
France -- Tours https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpJh4KxrxTYTjKB4TJJjC
Chronological Term 600-1500
Indexed Term European history: medieval period, middle ages
Genre/Form dictionaries.
Church history
History
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Other Form: 0-8014-2391-0
1-5017-4059-8
ISBN 9781501740602
1501740601
9781501740596
1501740598 (Trade Paper)
Standard No. 10.7591/9781501740602 doi
9781501740596
AU@ 000074148712

 
    
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