medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Dr Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]>
> One of the problems here is that such local pilgrimage shrines were often
quite short-lived: thaumaturgical enthusiasm flared up and then died down
again, often moving elsewhere. This makes it difficult to make clear
differentiations between a statue of the Virgin and Child as
a devotional image, which was extremely common, and a cult image, to which
people resorted for thaumaturgical interventions.
i don't think i've ever seen this distinction between "devotional image" and
"cult image" before, Jim.
is it of your own devising, or one that is common in the literature (of which
i am totally ignorint)?
>The same applied to many relics. It was only the most successful pilgrimage
shrines that lasted, and they were probably in the minority.
surely this would be a function of the nature/importance of the relic (and of
the Holy Figure which it pertained to), would it not?
c
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