Parution : Pietro Delcorno et Holly Johnson (dir.), “Communicating the Passion. The Socio-Religious Function of an Emotional Narrative (1250-1530)”, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025
This volume investigates the vivid and emotionally intense commemoration of the Passion of Christ as a key element in late medieval religious culture. Its goal is to shed light on how the Passion was communicated and on its socio-religious function in late medieval Europe. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the volume analyses the different media involved in this cultural process (sermons, devotional texts, lively performances, statues, images), the multiple forms and languages in which the...
