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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 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html