Queen of Sorrows : Plague, Piety, and Power in Late Medieval Italy

This book traces the late medieval rise of Santa Maria di Loreto, a wealthy and powerful Marian shrine in central Italy. Devotees venerated the shrine as an emotional response to multiple plagues, leading to the site's cooptation by the papacy in the fifteenth century--

• | Author: Bianca M Lopez, W R Nicholson Endowed Assistant Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Bianca M Lopez
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2024
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 150177591X
• | ISBN-13: 9781501775918