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Crisis Images: Holy Shrouds and Plagues in the 16th Century

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Historiography has questioned the effect of the Plague on images, showing that it did not cause major iconographic or aesthetic upheaval. However, some images were used by communities against the ill, multiplying votive or ritual practices. It’s in particular the case for Shrouds of Christ bearing the imprint of his body; the first of them, known today as the Shroud of Turin, appeared shortly after the Black Death, in Champagne. Acquired by the Dukes of Savoy in Chambéry, its cult has grown in the Flanders-Alps axis at the beginning of the 16th century, promoted by the mendicant orders, spread in particular through copies, like the Shroud of Besançon. These images were expressly used against Plague, notably by confraternities, but also against another crisis, the Reformation. These crisis images, were particularly activated by the communities that owned them when danger approached.
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hal-04588261 , version 1 (26-05-2024)

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Nicolas Sarzeaud. Crisis Images: Holy Shrouds and Plagues in the 16th Century. Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée; Emanuele Colombo. Religous Orders, Public Health and Epidemics. From the Black Death to Covid-19, Aschendorff Verlag, pp.123-144, 2024, 978-3-402-23036-7. ⟨10.17438/978-3-402-23044-2⟩. ⟨hal-04588261⟩
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