Clothing as a symbol of charity and soul salvation in late Medieval Kotor (Cattaro)
Religious practices in late medieval Kotor included charitable acts of donating clothes to the poor as a form of imitatio Christi. The model of charity for the faithful to follow was set in the vitae of widely-favoured saints such as Sts Martin of Tours, Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Sienna...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Balcanica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2008/0350-76530839103Z.pdf |