Saints and Their Cults in the Atlantic World

A heavily illustrated discussion of pilgrimage and veneration traveling from the Old World to the New

Saints and Their Cults in the Atlantic World traces the changing significance of a dozen saints and holy sites from the fourth century to the twentieth, from Africa, Sicily, Ireland, Wales, and Iceland to Canada, Boston, Mexico, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Twelve scholars representing the fields of history, art history, religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570036306
• ISBN13: 9781570036309
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"