The Bianchi of 1399 in Central Italy

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The Bianchi of 1399 in Central Italy is written by Alexandra R.A. Lee and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004466134 (ISBN 10) and 9789004466135 (ISBN 13).

Providing new insights into the Bianchi devotions, a medieval popular religious revival which responded to an outbreak of plague at the turn of the fifteenth century, this book takes a comparative, local and regional approach to the Bianchi, challenging traditional presentations of the movement as homogeneous whole. Combining a rich collection of textual, visual, and material sources, the study focuses on the two Tuscan towns of Lucca and Pistoia. Alexandra R.A. Lee demonstrates how the Bianchi processions in central Italy were moulded by secular and ecclesiastical authorities and shaped by local traditions as they attempted to prevent an epidemic.