Heroes in Dark Times
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...
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| 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1004042024-04-01T23:19:10Z Heroes in Dark Times Viceconte, Milena Schiano, Gennaro Cecere, Domenico thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences 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. Published 2023-05-29T08:57:01Z 2023-05-29T08:57:01Z 2023 book 9791254693025 9791254692233 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/100404 eng Sanctorum. Scritture, pratiche, immagini application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.viella.it/download/7048/18d4a449a56d/heroes-in-dark-times.pdf Viella editrice Viella 10.52056/9791254693025 10.52056/9791254693025 d7d99115-b941-47a4-8a2a-79c3530a4795 9791254693025 9791254692233 Viella 11 Italy open access |
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| title | Heroes in Dark Times |
| title_full | Heroes in Dark Times |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Heroes in Dark Times |
| title_short | Heroes in Dark Times |
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