Información General

• Autores: Milena Viceconte (coord.), Gennaro Schiano (coord.), Domenico Cecere (coord.)
• Editores: Viella
• Año de publicación: 2023
• País: Italia
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 979-12-5469-223-3
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Resumen

• In the accounts of disaster of the early modern period, it seemed as though the heroes were missing, replaced by the anthropomorphic rage of the natural elements. Nevertheless, it did sometimes happen that singular figures emerged from the blurry mass of the people and their dramatic anecdotes, and sprang into action to address the emergency. Sometimes they were saints, sometimes local institutions: the former were invoked to mediate with heaven to placate divine anger through miracles, and the latter to manage the catastrophe and provide aid and relief.

  The chapters in this volume reflect on this composite phenomenon of salvific actions, especially when they assumed the character of heroic gestures suspended between reality and fiction, human and divine, ordinary and extraordinary.

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Listado de artículos

• • Conventions and Topoi

    • People, Institutions and Saints: A Linguistic Analysis of Relazioni on the 1631 Eruption of Vesuvius

      Annachiara Monaco

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      págs. 21-40

      

    • “The Hand of God” in News Pamphlets on Disasters of Natural Origin: Lexical and Discursive Strategies

      Maite Iraceburu Jiménez

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      págs. 41-66

      

    • “Tú sola siempre nuestro amparo has sido”: The Prayer to the Virgin in the Llanto de Menardo by Duarte Núñez de Acosta

      Gennaro Schiano

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      págs. 67-87

      

    • The Hero Topos in Southern Italian Lyric Poetry on Catastrophes

      Antonio Perrone

      págs. 88-112

      

  • Gestures, Perspectives and Images

    • Devotion and Epidemics: The Relevance of St Vincent Ferrer in Outbreaks of Plague

      José Antonio Ortiz Baeza

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      págs. 113-136

      

    • A Virgin from the Sea: The Mercedarians and the Cult of the Madonna di Bonaria, Protector of Seafarers

      Ramon Dilla Martí

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      págs. 137-155

      

    • The Madonna di Bonaria: Images and Iconography from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic

      Sara Caredda

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      págs. 157-181

      

    • The Other Hero: Viceroy Monterrey in Literary and Figurative Sources on the 1631 Eruption of Vesuvius

      Milena Viceconte

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      págs. 183-205

      

  • Management and Communication

    • Pro serenitate Public Prayers During the Floods of the Guadalquivir in the 17th Century: A Study Using Relaciones de Sucesos

      Beatriz Álvarez García

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      págs. 209-230

      

    • Heroes at the Epicentre: Our Lady and Saints in the Earthquakes of the Hispanic Monarchy (16th-17th Century)

      Gennaro Varriale

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      págs. 231-257

      

    • Narrating the 1687 Lima Earthquake: Institutions and Devotions in the Face of Catastrophe

      Flavia Tudini

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      págs. 259-285

      

    • Seeking the Protector Saint: Cults and Devotions in Palermo after the 1693 Earthquake

      Valeria Enea

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      págs. 287-303

      

    • “In segno della recevuta gratia”: St Angelus, Protector of Licata from Plague, Storms and Natural Catastrophes

      Marco Papasidero

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      págs. 305-334

      

    • Digital Maps and Information Networks in the Early Modern Era

      Juan Manuel Luna Cruz

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      págs. 335-361