Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 30275
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Laszlovszky , József
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  • Title: "Fama sanctitatis" and the Emergence of St. Margaret's Cult in the Rural Countryside: The Canonization Process and Social Mobility in Thirteenth-Century Hungary [The author analyzes a family's testimony in the canonization process of Saint Margaret of Hungary in 1276. The mother found her infant son dead in bed next to her and prayed to Saint Margaret for help. A few hours later he came back to life. Laszlovsz
  • Source: Promoting the Saints: Cults and Their Contexts from Late Antiquity until the Early Modern Period. Essays in Honor of Gábor Klaniczay for His 60th Birthday.  Edited by Ottó Gecser, József Laszlovszky, Balázs Nagy, Marcell Sebok, and Katalin Szende.  Central European University Press, 2011.  Pages 103 - 123.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Architecture- Secular Canonization of Saints Family Hagiography Hungary Margaret of Hungary, Princess, Dominican Nun and Saint Miracles Peasantry Social Class
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Europe
  • Century: 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Central European University
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  • Year of Publication: 2011.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9789639776937