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Parading staurothekes in Norman Sicily: relics, community, and the conversion of the other

  • This article explores the liturgical functions of cross-shaped staurothekes, reliquaries of the True Cross, in twelfth-century Sicily. These luxurious objects were once at the centre of the devotion of the growing Christian communities on an island undergoing dramatic social changes. This contribution examines the figuration of these crosses and the messages they conveyed to their audiences, focusing on documented processions as displays of public piety. To this end, the contents of two liturgical manuscripts from Palermo, evidence in contemporary pictorial arts and coinage, and the urban layout of the Norman capital will shed light on the reception of the symbol of the cross in the cosmopolitan, yet increasingly intolerant Sicilian kingdom.

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Author:Jesús Rodríguez Viejo
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-614535
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9809.12744
ISSN:1467-9809
Parent Title (English):Journal of religious history
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
Place of publication:Oxford
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2021/05/09
Date of first Publication:2021/05/09
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/07/14
Volume:45
Issue:2
Page Number:31
First Page:304
Last Page:334
HeBIS-PPN:484714147
Institutes:Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:2 Religion / 20 Religion / 200 Religion
9 Geschichte und Geografie / 94 Geschichte Europas / 940 Geschichte Europas
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung 4.0