Medieval Music, Legend, and the Cult of St Martin
The Local Foundations of a Universal Saint
- Author: Maurey, Yossi
Yossi Maurey traces the complex path by which veneration of Martin evolved from the saint's death and the celebration of his life in the biography by Sulpicius Severus through his transformation... — More…
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$129.00Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The focal point of the cult: St Martin's Church in Tours
- 2. Universal and local foundations of Martin's cult
- 3. The musical articulation of St Martin in Tours
- 4. Competing with success: sharing the aura of St Martin in Tours
- 5. From pacifist to knight: late-medieval appropriations of St Martin
- Afterword
- Appendices: A. The 1141 miracle account for Martin's July 4 feast (BMT 1294, p. 221)
- B. Tours, Bibliotheque municipale, MS 159, the calendar.