“Equal Rites”: Fragmenting and Healing Bodies in the Early Modern Bay of Kotor

The aim of this paper is to examine the exchange of practices that developed when treating the bodies of ordinary laymen and those of saints. Body parts that had been obtained in unorthodox ways were used in private households in a manner strongly resembling the official methods of relic veneration....

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Main Author:	Milena Ulčar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:	Religions
Subjects:	reliquaries body-part reliquaries post-tridentine religion bay of kotor republic of venice healing domestic devotion
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/11/606

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spelling	doaj-ec47dc33d8fd437abc71a28d30d37cc32020-11-25T01:35:57ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442019-11-01101160610.3390/rel10110606rel10110606“Equal Rites”: Fragmenting and Healing Bodies in the Early Modern Bay of KotorMilena Ulčar0Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Art History, University of Belgrade, Cika Ljubina 18/20, 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaThe aim of this paper is to examine the exchange of practices that developed when treating the bodies of ordinary laymen and those of saints. Body parts that had been obtained in unorthodox ways were used in private households in a manner strongly resembling the official methods of relic veneration. Conversely, the church authorities carried out repairs to damaged reliquaries by adopting an approach that mirrored the ways in which common people were healed in their homes (the application of holy images, use of votive gifts, etc.).https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/11/606reliquariesbody-part reliquariespost-tridentine religionbay of kotorrepublic of venicehealingdomestic devotion
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title	“Equal Rites”: Fragmenting and Healing Bodies in the Early Modern Bay of Kotor
title_short	“Equal Rites”: Fragmenting and Healing Bodies in the Early Modern Bay of Kotor
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description	The aim of this paper is to examine the exchange of practices that developed when treating the bodies of ordinary laymen and those of saints. Body parts that had been obtained in unorthodox ways were used in private households in a manner strongly resembling the official methods of relic veneration. Conversely, the church authorities carried out repairs to damaged reliquaries by adopting an approach that mirrored the ways in which common people were healed in their homes (the application of holy images, use of votive gifts, etc.).
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“Equal Rites”: Fragmenting and Healing Bodies in the Early Modern Bay of Kotor

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