Pilgrimage & pogrom : violence, memory, and visual culture at the host-miracle shrines of Germany and Austria / Mitchell B. Merback.

Author/creator Merback, Mitchell B.
Format Book
PublicationChicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2012]
Copyright Date©2012
Descriptionxii, 382 pages, 20 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Subjects

Variant title Pilgrimage and pogrom
Contents Machine generated contents note: I. CULT-FORMATION, EVENT, LEGEND -- 1. "God's Body Was Found There" -- 2. Findspot -- II. VISUAL CULTURE OF THE HOST-MIRACLE SHRINES -- 3. "His Blood Poured Out" -- 4. Memorial to a Sacrilege -- 5. Tokens of Violence -- III. PILGRIM, RELIC, AND REGIME IN THE GERMAN EMPIRE -- Introduction. Shifting Contours of Sanctity -- 6. The Pilgrim's Access -- 7. Relics, Immanence, and the Causes of Empire -- IV. HOLY BLOOD AND THE SPACES OF CULT AND MEMORY -- Introduction. Paroxysms of Sacred Space -- 8. Holy Savior, Holy Sepulcher -- 9. Topographies of Cult and Memory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 337-362) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2012020622
ISBN9780226520193 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226520196 (cloth : alkaline paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BX2320.5.G3 M47 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold