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Saint and nation [electronic resource] : Santiago, Teresa of Avila, and plural identities in early modern Spain / Erin Kathleen Rowe.

By: Publication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 264 pages :) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780271078151
  • 0271078154
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Saint and nation.DDC classification:
  • 274.6/06 22
LOC classification:
  • BX4656.5 .R69 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Santiago and the shadow of decline -- Saint Teresa and the lived experience of the holy -- The politics of patron sainthood -- The gender of foreign policy -- Mapping sacred geography -- King, nation, and church in the Habsburg monarchy -- Endgame in Rome.
Summary: "Examines the controversy in early seventeenth-century Spain over the elevation of Saint Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Assesses the crucial role of sanctity in the symbolic representation of the nation in early modern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-253) and index.

Santiago and the shadow of decline -- Saint Teresa and the lived experience of the holy -- The politics of patron sainthood -- The gender of foreign policy -- Mapping sacred geography -- King, nation, and church in the Habsburg monarchy -- Endgame in Rome.

"Examines the controversy in early seventeenth-century Spain over the elevation of Saint Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Assesses the crucial role of sanctity in the symbolic representation of the nation in early modern Europe"-- Provided by publisher.

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