Writing the Holy Land

The Franciscans of Mount Zion and the Construction of a Cultural Memory, 1300-1550
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-52776-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 438 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Reihe: The New Middle Ages

The book shows how the Franciscans in Jerusalem in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries wrote works which standardized the cultural memory of the Holy Land. The experience of the late medieval Holy Land was deeply connected to the presence of the Franciscans of the Convent of Mount Zion in Jerusalem, who welcomed and guided pilgrims. This book analyses this construction of a shared memory based on the continuous availability of these texts in the Franciscan library of Mount Zion, where they were copied and adapted to respond to new historical contexts. This book shows how the Franciscans developed a representation of the Holy Land by elaborating on its history and describing its religious groups and the geography of the region. This representation circulated among pilgrims and influenced how contemporaries imagined the Holy Land

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campopiano, Michele

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents:

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Figures

Chapter I

Introduction: Writing the Holy Land

Chapter II

The Franciscan Holy Land

Chapter III

The Convent of Mount Zion and Book Production and Circulation

Chapter IV

Early Franciscan Descriptions and Maps of the Holy Land

Chapter V

Franciscan Compilations, Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Composite Volumes on the Holy Land

Chapter VI

Franciscan Descriptions of the Holy Land in the Fifteenth Century

Chapter VII

Between the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Chapter VIII

The Lists of Holy Places and Indulgences (indulgenziarii) and their Diffusion

Chapter IX

Franciscan Texts and Late Pilgrimage Accounts

Chapter X

Conclusions: Loss, Trauma, Recovery

Appendix

 

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michele Campopiano is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of York, UK. He has participated in a number of international projects and held several grants, including a Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers.