{"product_id":"the-lay-saint-mary-harvey-doyno-9781501740206","title":"The Lay Saint: Charity and Charismatic Authority in Medieval Italy, 1150-1350","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Lay Saint\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Harvey Doyno investigates the phenomenon of saintly cults that formed around pious merchants, artisans, midwives, domestic servants, and others in the medieval communes of northern and central Italy. Drawing on a wide array of sources--\u003ci\u003evitae\u003c\/i\u003e documenting their saintly lives and legends, miracle books, religious art, and communal records--Doyno uses the rise of and tensions surrounding these civic cults to explore medieval notions of lay religiosity, charismatic power, civic identity, and the church's authority in this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough claims about laymen's and laywomen's miraculous abilities challenged the church's expanding political and spiritual dominion, both papal and civic authorities, Doyno finds, vigorously promoted their cults. She shows that this support was neither a simple reflection of the extraordinary lay religious zeal that marked late medieval urban life nor of the Church's recognition of that enthusiasm. Rather, the history of lay saints' cults powerfully illustrates the extent to which lay Christians embraced the \u003ci\u003evita apostolic\u003c\/i\u003e--the ideal way of life as modeled by the Apostles--and of the church's efforts to restrain and manage such claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Harvey Doyno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501740202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501740206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020","brand":"Mary Harvey Doyno","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985273651455,"sku":"9781501740206","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db282a21-b7a4-4c32-b394-4a4d6ad70188.jpg?v=1683276586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lay-saint-mary-harvey-doyno-9781501740206","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}