Memória e Identidade na construção da ''santidade territorial'' portuguesa e espanhola na época moderna
Against the background of the problems surrounding Portuguese and Spanish territorial sanctity in the Modern Age, this study seeks to draw attention to the production of several works that fit within this framework - from “generalist” histories and geographical descriptions to saints’ “Lives” and ha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade do Porto
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Via Spiritus : Revista de História da Espiritualidade e do Sentimento Religioso |
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| Online Access: | http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/14842.pdf |
| Summary: | Against the background of the problems surrounding Portuguese and Spanish territorial sanctity in the Modern Age, this study seeks to draw attention to the production of several works that fit within this framework - from “generalist” histories and geographical descriptions to saints’ “Lives” and hagiographical recollections - to be understood in a logic of investment in the preservation of memory, through the written record, and of the exaltation of the “national saints”, which would allow Portugal and Spain to stand in line with the other European Catholic kingdoms, that boasted of possessing more saints. |
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| ISSN: | 0873-1233 |