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Lettre du roi, écrite à monseigneur l'archevêque de Paris... pour faire chanter le "Te Deum" en l'église Notre-Dame, en action de grâces de la victoire remportée sur les flottes anglaise et hollandaise, par l'armée navale de Sa Majesté, commandée par M. le comte de Tourville,... (17 juillet.).
Lettre du Roy, écrite à Monseigneur l'archevêque de Paris, ... pour faire chanter le Te Deum, en l'Eglise Nôtre-Dame, en action de grâces de la victoire remportée sur les ennemis en Flandres, par l'armée du Roy, commandée par Monsieur le maréchal duc de Luxembourg
Lettre du Roy, écrite à Monseigneur l'archevêque de Paris, ... pour faire chanter le Te Deum en action de grâces de la victoire remportée sur les ennemis, par l'armée de Sa Majesté, commandée par M. le maréchal duc de Luxembourg
Lettre du roi, écrite à monseigneur l'archevêque de Paris... pour faire chanter le "Te Deum" en l'église Notre-Dame, en action de grâces de la victoire remportée sur les ennemis en Flandres, par l'armée du roi, commandée par M. le maréchal duc de Luxembourg. (7 août.).
The Pope's Body
Author: Agostino Paravicini-Bagliani
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226034379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In contrast to the role traditionally fulfilled by secular rulers, the pope has been perceived as an individual person existing in a body subject to decay and death, yet at the same time a corporeal representation of Christ and the Church, eternity and salvation. Using an array of evidence from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries, Agostino Paravicini- Bagliani addresses this paradox. He studies the rituals, metaphors, and images of the pope's body as they developed over time and shows how they resulted in the expectation that the pope's body be simultaneously physical and metaphorical. Also included is a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century when, during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294-1303), the papal court became the focus of medicine and the natural sciences as physicians devised ways to protect the pope's health and prolong his life. Masterfully translated from the Italian, this engaging history of the pope's body provides a new perspective for readers to understand the papacy, both historically and in our own time.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226034379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In contrast to the role traditionally fulfilled by secular rulers, the pope has been perceived as an individual person existing in a body subject to decay and death, yet at the same time a corporeal representation of Christ and the Church, eternity and salvation. Using an array of evidence from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries, Agostino Paravicini- Bagliani addresses this paradox. He studies the rituals, metaphors, and images of the pope's body as they developed over time and shows how they resulted in the expectation that the pope's body be simultaneously physical and metaphorical. Also included is a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century when, during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294-1303), the papal court became the focus of medicine and the natural sciences as physicians devised ways to protect the pope's health and prolong his life. Masterfully translated from the Italian, this engaging history of the pope's body provides a new perspective for readers to understand the papacy, both historically and in our own time.