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Saint and nation : Santiago, Teresa of Avila, and plural identities in early modern Spain

Title
Saint and nation : Santiago, Teresa of Avila, and plural identities in early modern Spain / Erin Kathleen Rowe.
Author
Rowe, Erin Kathleen, 1974-
Publication
University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.

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Description
xi, 264 p. : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
"Examines the controversy in early seventeenth-century Spain over the elevation of Saint Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Assesses the crucial role of sanctity in the symbolic representation of the nation in early modern Europe"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Santiago and the shadow of decline -- Saint Teresa and the lived experience of the holy -- The politics of patron sainthood -- The gender of foreign policy -- Mapping sacred geography -- King, nation, and church in the Habsburg monarchy -- Endgame in Rome.
Call Number
JFE 11-1590
ISBN
  • 9780271037738 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0271037733 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010031390
OCLC
YBP 2010031390
Author
Rowe, Erin Kathleen, 1974-
Title
Saint and nation : Santiago, Teresa of Avila, and plural identities in early modern Spain / Erin Kathleen Rowe.
Imprint
University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-1590
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