Pilgrimage & pogrom : violence, memory, and visual culture at the host-miracle shrines of Germany and Austria

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 and Print
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2012]
Copyright Notice	©2012
Description	xii, 382 pages, 20 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Subject(s)	Christian shrines--Germany. Christian shrines--Austria. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Germany --History. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Austria --History. Christianity and antisemitism--Germany --History. Christianity and antisemitism--Austria --History.

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 note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-362) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2012020622
ISBN	9780226520193 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN	0226520196 (cloth : alkaline paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BX2320.5.G3 M47 2012	✔ Available	Place Hold