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Author Cynthia Bourgeault recalls commuting with her estranged daughter from Swa
No full textAuthor Cynthia Bourgeault recalls commuting with her estranged daughter from Swan\u27s Island to Northeast Harbor to rehearse Mozart\u27s Requiem for the Mount Desert Summer Chorale in 1988
The reliquary effect : enshrining the sacred object /
No full textFrom skeletons to strips of cloth to little pieces of dust, reliquaries can be found in many forms, and while sometimes they may seem grotesque on their surface, they are nonetheless invested with great spiritual and memorial value. In this book, Cynthia Hahn offers the first full survey in English of the societal value of reliquaries, showing how they commemorate religious and historical events and, more important, inspire awe, faith, and, for many, the miraculous.From skeletons to strips of cloth to little pieces of dust, reliquaries can be found in many forms, and while sometimes they may seem grotesque on their surface, they are nonetheless invested with great spiritual and memorial value. In this book, Cynthia Hahn offers the first full survey in English of the societal value of reliquaries, showing how they commemorate religious and historical events and, more important, inspire awe, faith, and, for many, the miraculous
Passion relics and the medieval imagination : art, architecture, and society /
No full text"Although objects associated with the Passion and suffering of Christ are among the most important and sacred relics venerated by the Catholic Church, there has never been a study that considers how they were presented to the faithful. Cynthia Hahn adopts an accessible, informative, and holistic approach to the important history of Passion relics--first the True Cross, and then the collective group of Passion relics--stretching from their display in reliquaries, their presentation in church environments, their purposeful collection as centerpieces in royal and imperial collections, and finally to their veneration in pictorial form as Arma Christi. Tracing the ways that Passion relics appear and disappear in response to Christian devotion and to historical phenomena, ranging from pilgrimage and the Crusades to the promotion of imperial power, this groundbreaking study presents a compelling picture of a very important aspect of late medieval and early modern devotion"--Provided by publisher.Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-147) and index.The lure of passion relics, the power of the cross -- The true cross -- Cross : sign, image, thing, relic -- The relic and its dispersal : emperors, churchmen, and crusaders -- Jerusalem crosses and the Toulouse châsse -- Passion relics : strength in unity -- Instruments of torture -- Passion relics as things -- Passion relics collected -- Devotion to passion relics -- The Arma Christi."Although objects associated with the Passion and suffering of Christ are among the most important and sacred relics venerated by the Catholic Church, there has never been a study that considers how they were presented to the faithful. Cynthia Hahn adopts an accessible, informative, and holistic approach to the important history of Passion relics--first the True Cross, and then the collective group of Passion relics--stretching from their display in reliquaries, their presentation in church environments, their purposeful collection as centerpieces in royal and imperial collections, and finally to their veneration in pictorial form as Arma Christi. Tracing the ways that Passion relics appear and disappear in response to Christian devotion and to historical phenomena, ranging from pilgrimage and the Crusades to the promotion of imperial power, this groundbreaking study presents a compelling picture of a very important aspect of late medieval and early modern devotion"--Provided by publisher
Keeping a feminist curiosity in critical military studies: In conversation with Cynthia Enloe
No full textThis conversation between Cynthia Enloe and Daniel Conway began in November 2022 for The World Today magazine and was continued and expanded in July 2024. Cynthia Enloe’s fifteen books include Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics (2nd ed, 2014); Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women’s Lives (2000) and Globalization and Militarism: Feminists Make the Link (2nd ed, 2016). Her latest book, Twelve Feminist Lessons of War was published in 2023. Enloe has won numerous awards and is one of the honourees named on the Gender Justice Legacy Wall at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Daniel Conway is the author of Masculinities, Militarisation and the End Conscription Campaign: War Resistance in Apartheid South Africa (2012) and has recently published articles exploring grassroots women’s and LGBTQ+ organizing and Pride events in South Africa, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai and Mumbai in the journals International Feminist Journal of Politics, Sexualities, International Affairs and Sociology. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
2024: Cynthia Pelayo
No full textCynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award winning and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet. She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, Crime Scene, The Shoemaker\u27s Magician, and dozens of standalone short stories and poems.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lionsinwinter_writers/1051/thumbnail.jp
Hinges as Hints: Heaven and Earth in the Coconut Goblet at the Cathedral of Münster, Part of a Lost Rock Crystal Ensemble
No full textCynthia Gamble | Marie Nordlinger, la muse anglaise de Marcel Proust | Classiques Garnier | 2024
No full textCynthia GAMBLE, Marie Nordlinger, la muse anglaise de Marcel Proust, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 29 mai 2024. Fondé sur des manuscrits inédits, cet ouvrage présente la remarquable vie de Marie Nordlinger (1876-1961), la « Parisienne de Manchester », cousine de Reynaldo Hahn, amie de Marcel Proust, traductrice de Ruskin, orfèvre chez Bing, commis-voyageur aux États-Unis, épouse de Rudolf Meyer-Riefstahl.
Celebrating the Extraordinary Life of Elisabeth Samson
No full textCynthia McLeod (1936-), decorated Surinamese author of the best-selling The High Price of Sugar and Farewell Merodia, specialist in 18th century Suriname
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No full textEntry sign for Cynthia Jones' greenhouse operation located on the historic Jones family homestead in Lake Isle, Alberta. 2011
En celebración de la extraordinaria vida de Elisabeth Samson Title: Celebrating the Extraordinary Life of Elisabeth Samson
No full textCynthia McLeod (1936-), decorated Surinamese author of the best-selling The High Price of Sugar and Farewell Merodia, specialist in 18th century Suriname.Culture & Arts, Cultural Center Encuentros Nro. 27 Cynthia McLeod Celebrating the Extraordinary Life of Elisabeth Samson
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