Pub Date : 2020-12-31DOI: 10.1515/9789048533343-002
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Pub Date : 2020-12-31DOI: 10.1515/9789048533343-008
{"title":"Conclusions Infirmity, Community, and Canonization","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/9789048533343-008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048533343-008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":282640,"journal":{"name":"Saints, Infirmity, and Community in the Late Middle Ages","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123922856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-31DOI: 10.1515/9789048533343-010
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Pub Date : 2020-12-31DOI: 10.1515/9789048533343-fm
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This chapter discusses the importance of infirmity for the narrations of the beginning of a saintly candidate’s path to holiness. While traditional conversion narratives waned in popularity and are next to non-existent in the canonization processes, infirmity could be underlined in the narratives regarding other important aspects of the early stages of a saint’s life. It could mark a moment when the (future) saint made an important decision that defined his or her saintly life, or influence the holy person’s lifestyle and choices. In the case of lay female saints, it could be seen and used as a factor that justified their marital relations or helped to achieve a celibate marriage.
{"title":"Infirmitas Leading to Saintly Life","authors":"Jenni Kuuliala","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv13xpqks.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv13xpqks.6","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter discusses the importance of infirmity for the narrations of\u0000 the beginning of a saintly candidate’s path to holiness. While traditional\u0000 conversion narratives waned in popularity and are next to non-existent\u0000 in the canonization processes, infirmity could be underlined in the narratives\u0000 regarding other important aspects of the early stages of a saint’s\u0000 life. It could mark a moment when the (future) saint made an important\u0000 decision that defined his or her saintly life, or influence the holy person’s\u0000 lifestyle and choices. In the case of lay female saints, it could be seen and\u0000 used as a factor that justified their marital relations or helped to achieve\u0000 a celibate marriage.","PeriodicalId":282640,"journal":{"name":"Saints, Infirmity, and Community in the Late Middle Ages","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116536564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-06DOI: 10.1017/9789048533343.006
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Abstinence from earthly pleasures – such as fasting, using a hair shirt, and ascetic sleeping conditions – as well as devotional practices were vital aspects of a holy life. They were frequently reported in canonization testimonies and other hagiographic texts. An important feature in this was discretion; a holy person was supposed to exceed the limits of common human endurance but not practice excessive self-harm. This chapter discusses infirmity as a delineating factor that allowed and required discretion in asceticism and devotional practices. At the same time, various members of a saint’s community were presented as taking part in delineating their ascetic practices as well as interpreting and even emotionally partaking in it.
{"title":"Abstinence, Devotional Practices, and Social Control","authors":"Jenni Kuuliala","doi":"10.2307/j.ctv13xpqks.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv13xpqks.8","url":null,"abstract":"Abstinence from earthly pleasures – such as fasting, using a hair shirt,\u0000 and ascetic sleeping conditions – as well as devotional practices were\u0000 vital aspects of a holy life. They were frequently reported in canonization\u0000 testimonies and other hagiographic texts. An important feature in this was\u0000 discretion; a holy person was supposed to exceed the limits of common\u0000 human endurance but not practice excessive self-harm. This chapter\u0000 discusses infirmity as a delineating factor that allowed and required\u0000 discretion in asceticism and devotional practices. At the same time,\u0000 various members of a saint’s community were presented as taking part\u0000 in delineating their ascetic practices as well as interpreting and even\u0000 emotionally partaking in it.","PeriodicalId":282640,"journal":{"name":"Saints, Infirmity, and Community in the Late Middle Ages","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131377555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-06DOI: 10.5117/9789462983373_concl
Jenni Kuuliala
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