The miraculous flying house of Loreto : spreading Catholicism in the early modern world /
Vélez, Karin Annelise,1974-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations. Part 1 First landings : Chapter 1 Introduction : Mysterious anchorages -- How to read this book, and how to read a miracle. Chapter 2 Deconstructing a miracle : Habits of historical deconstruction -- Limits of deconstruction: incompleteness and religious reality -- An alternate reconstructive approach: chronicling mythohistory -- LImits of reconstruction: chronology, zoning, and violence. Part 2 Approaching Loreto : Chapter 3 First authors : Anchoring ideal: an official shrine seal produced by many -- Actual eyewitnesses: two Jesuits at Loreto, Riera and Torsellino -- New expression: Nikolà Frankopan and the miracle of the Slavs. Chapter 4 Accidental pilgrims : Anchoring ideal: Jesuit instructions and expectations of pilgrimage -- Actual encounters: Albani's and Chaumonot's detours to Loreto--
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Catholic Church
Santa Casa (Loreto, Italy)
Catholic Church.
Santa Casa (Loreto, Italy)
Buildings.
Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Shrines.