{"product_id":"the-matter-of-piety-zoutleeuws-church-of-saint-leonard-and-religious-material-culture-in-the-low-countries-c-1450-1620-9789004426306","title":"The Matter of Piety: Zoutleeuw's Church of Saint","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Matter of Piety provides the first in-depth study of Zoutleeuw’s exceptionally well-preserved pilgrimage church in a comparative perspective, and revaluates religious art and material culture in Netherlandish piety from the late Middle Ages through the crisis of iconoclasm and the Reformation to Catholic restoration. Analyzing the changing functions, outlooks, and meanings of devotional objects – monumental sacrament houses, cult statues and altarpieces, and small votive offerings or relics – Ruben Suykerbuyk revises dominant narratives about Catholic culture and patronage in the Low Countries. Rather than being a paralyzing force, the Reformation incited engaged counterinitiatives, and the vitality of late medieval devotion served as the fertile ground from which the Counter-Reformation organically grew under Protestant impulses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is not  only the extended timespan and the  bottom-up perspective that lends this beautifully published book an ambitious scope. Its  multidisciplinary approach, bridging the gap between history and art history, and the use of different types of sources – written, visual, and material – further adds to the far-reaching aims of this work.\"  Carolina Lenarduzzi (Leiden University) in Early Modern Low Countries 7 (2023)    \"... to show that Suykerbuyk's carefully crafted publication, which is rich in material and findings, makes for stimulating reading.\"  Esther Meiser, (TU Köln\/TU Dortmund) in Renaissance Quarterly 1 (2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  List of Illustrations  Abbreviations  Note on Currencies    Introduction: The Matter of Piety in an Age of  Religious Change   A Pulverized Image? Status quaestionis   Sources, Methodology and Set-up    Part 1: Late Medieval Piety in Perspective  1 The Cult of Saint Leonard at Zoutleeuw   Saint Leonard’s Altarpiece   Protohistory of the Cult   The Fortunes of Devotion: Offerings   The Promotion of Devotion    2 The Image of Piety at the Dawn of Iconoclasm   Old Sources, New Views: Miracles and Indulgences   The Cult Circuit in the Low Countries   A Spirited Devotional Culture Materialized    part 2: Catholic Piety in Iconoclastic Times  3 1520. The Waning of Medieval Piety?   Cornelis Floris’ Sacrament House   The Introduction of Protestant Thought   The 1520-Thesis   Continuities    4 Pilgrimage   The Public Debate on Images, Miracles and Pilgrims   The Cult of Saint Leonard at Zoutleeuw: Tradition  and Innovation   Miracles and Cults, Old and New   Miracles as Anti-Protestant Statements    5 Parish Liturgy   The Eucharist   Musical Embellishment    6 Patronage   The Memorial Landscape in Zoutleeuw   Van Wilre’s Project   Countering the Reformation   Sacrament Houses as Objects of Defiance    7 1566: The Beeldenstorm and Its Aftermath   Destructions and Descriptions   The Wonderyear: Facts and Theories   Les villes bonnes   Zoutleeuw and the Hageland Region    Part 3: The Miraculous Counter-Reformation  8 The Resumption of Miracles   Paulus Gautier’s Miracle Memorial Painting   A New Era?   The Rise of Votive Paintings   A Culture of the Miraculous   Zoutleeuw, 1612    9 Devotional Negotiation with the Archducal Government   The Object of Devotion: Image versus Relic   The Gift   The Translation    Conclusion: The Thin Line Between Tradition and Transformation    Appendix 1: The Churchwarden Accounts of Zoutleeuw’s Church of Saint Leonard    Appendix 2: Graphs  Notes  Bibliography   Primary Sources   Published Sources   Literature   Online Databases  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360805552471,"sku":"9789004426306","price":67.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-matter-of-piety-zoutleeuws-church-of-saint-leonard-and-religious-material-culture-in-the-low-countries-c-1450-1620-9789004426306","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}