The Medieval Cult of Saint Dominic of Silos
Lucas, the garrulous bishop of Tuy, included the thaumaturgy of Saint Dominic of Silos as one of the glories of Spain in his mid-thirteenth-century account of the Peninsula's history. This study examines the rise to prominence of one of the most important of saints' cults in Medieval Spain and its d...
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| description | Lucas, the garrulous bishop of Tuy, included the thaumaturgy of Saint Dominic of Silos as one of the glories of Spain in his mid-thirteenth-century account of the Peninsula's history. This study examines the rise to prominence of one of the most important of saints' cults in Medieval Spain and its development throughout the Middle Ages. It interrogates neglected texts such as the late eleventh-century Vita Dominici Exiliensis and the late thirteenth-century Miráculos romançados (as well as artistic representations and works written outside Silos), and places the more widely known Vida de Santo Domingo by Gonzalo de Berceo (‡c. 1260) in a new light by firmly fixing its presentation of the saint within the development of the cult. Dominic's veneration became centred upon his role in freeing captives, and a study of this phenomenon provides a focus on the frontier and its settlers through their devotion to the saint, as well as illuminating their view of their Muslim adversaries. This is not the only centre of interest in the book, and a variety of approaches are employed to draw as round a picture as possible of the functioning of this saint's cult, from analysis of the manuscript traditions of the various works discussed to a consideration of the anthropology of Silos as a pilgrimage centre. All quotations are given in both Latin or Romance with an English translation. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1670472025-10-16T12:10:05Z The Medieval Cult of Saint Dominic of Silos Lappin, Anthony saints Vita Dominici Exiliensis Miraculos romancados Vida de Santo Domingo Gonzalo de GBrceo thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DS Southern Europe::1DSE Spain thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500::3KLF 11th century, c 1000 to c 1099 thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500::3KLN 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299 Lucas, the garrulous bishop of Tuy, included the thaumaturgy of Saint Dominic of Silos as one of the glories of Spain in his mid-thirteenth-century account of the Peninsula's history. This study examines the rise to prominence of one of the most important of saints' cults in Medieval Spain and its development throughout the Middle Ages. It interrogates neglected texts such as the late eleventh-century Vita Dominici Exiliensis and the late thirteenth-century Miráculos romançados (as well as artistic representations and works written outside Silos), and places the more widely known Vida de Santo Domingo by Gonzalo de Berceo (‡c. 1260) in a new light by firmly fixing its presentation of the saint within the development of the cult. Dominic's veneration became centred upon his role in freeing captives, and a study of this phenomenon provides a focus on the frontier and its settlers through their devotion to the saint, as well as illuminating their view of their Muslim adversaries. This is not the only centre of interest in the book, and a variety of approaches are employed to draw as round a picture as possible of the functioning of this saint's cult, from analysis of the manuscript traditions of the various works discussed to a consideration of the anthropology of Silos as a pilgrimage centre. All quotations are given in both Latin or Romance with an English translation. 2025-10-16T12:10:04Z 2025-10-16T12:10:04Z 2025-10-14T13:53:18Z 2002 book ONIX_20251014T154955_9781839546945_17 0957-0322 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/106502 9781839546945 1902653912 https://admin.directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/167047 eng MHRA Texts and Dissertations open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/106502/1/9781839546945.pdf Modern Humanities Research Association Texts and Translations 10.59860/td.b15cf0a 10.59860/td.b15cf0a 263272ae-2045-451b-ac91-b0037a2fd63a 9781839546945 1902653912 Texts and Translations 459 Cambridge open access |
| spellingShingle | saints Vita Dominici Exiliensis Miraculos romancados Vida de Santo Domingo Gonzalo de GBrceo thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DS Southern Europe::1DSE Spain thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500::3KLF 11th century, c 1000 to c 1099 thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KL c 1000 CE to c 1500::3KLN 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299 Lappin, Anthony The Medieval Cult of Saint Dominic of Silos |
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