Viceconte, Filomena and Schiano, Gennaro and Cecere, Domenico
(2023)
Heroes in dark times. Saints and officials tackling disaster (16th-17th centuries).
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Viella, Roma.
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Monograph
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| Resource language: |
English |
| Title: |
Heroes in dark times. Saints and officials tackling disaster (16th-17th centuries) |
| Creators: |
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| Viceconte, Filomena | UNSPECIFIED | | Schiano, Gennaro | UNSPECIFIED | | Cecere, Domenico | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Editors: |
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| Viceconte, Filomena | UNSPECIFIED | | Schiano, Gennaro | UNSPECIFIED | | Cecere, Domenico | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Date: |
February 2023 |
| Number of Pages: |
368 |
| Institution: |
Università di Napoli Federico II |
| Department: |
Studi Umanistici |
| Original publication URL: |
https://www.viella.it/libro/9791254692233 |
| Nazione dell'editore: |
Italia |
| Place of Publication: |
Roma |
| Publisher: |
Viella |
| Date: |
February 2023 |
| Series Name: |
Sanctorum |
| ISBN: |
9791254692233 |
| Number of Pages: |
368 |
| Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: |
Area 10 - Scienze dell'antichità, filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche > L-ART/02 - Storia dell'arte moderna
Area 10 - Scienze dell'antichità, filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche > L-FIL-LET/10 - Letteratura italiana
Area 10 - Scienze dell'antichità, filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche > L-FIL-LET/12 - Linguistica italiana
Area 10 - Scienze dell'antichità, filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche > L-FIL-LET/13 - Filologia della letteratura italiana
Area 10 - Scienze dell'antichità, filologico-letterarie e storico-artistiche > L-LIN/05 - Letteratura spagnola
Area 11 - Scienze storiche, filosofiche, pedagogiche e psicologiche > M-STO/02 - Storia moderna
Area 11 - Scienze storiche, filosofiche, pedagogiche e psicologiche > M-STO/07 - Storia del cristianesimo e delle chiese |
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| Access rights: |
Open access |
| Date Deposited: |
12 Jul 2023 07:59 |
| Last Modified: |
12 Jul 2023 07:59 |
| URI: |
http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/14267 |
| DOI: |
10.52056/9791254693025 |
Collection description
In the accounts of disaster of the early modern period, it seemed as though the heroes were missing, replaced by the anthropomorphic rage of the natural elements. Nevertheless, it did sometimes happen that singular figures emerged from the blurry mass of the people and their dramatic anecdotes, and sprang into action to address the emergency. Sometimes they were saints, sometimes local institutions: the former were invoked to mediate with heaven to placate divine anger through miracles, and the latter to manage the catastrophe and provide aid and relief. The chapters in this volume reflect on this composite phenomenon of salvific actions, especially when they assumed the character of heroic gestures suspended between reality and fiction, human and divine, ordinary and extraordinary.
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