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The Shroud at Court
History, Usages, Places and Images of a Dynastic Relic
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The Shroud at the Court analyses, through various essays characterized by a multidisciplinary and diachronic perspective, the strict ties created between the Shroud and the Savoy court from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. Presented as proof of the divine legitimacy of Savoy lineage, the Shroud (of which the Savoy dynasty came into possession in 1453, keeping it first in Chambéry and then from 1578 in Turin) was central to their propagandistic strategies. The court â its spaces, protagonists, and rituals â became the natural setting for a relationship reinforced over time through customs, ceremonies, and images intended to celebrate the excellence of the Savoy, both within their own state and in Europeâs âsociety of princesâ.
Contributors are Paola Caretta, Paolo Cornaglia, Paolo Cozzo, Davide De Franco, Bernard Dompnier, Laura Gaffuri, Pierangelo Gentile, Luisella Giachino, Andrea Merlotti, Frédéric Meyer, Andrea Nicolotti, Almudena Pérez de Tudela, Laurent Ripart, Alessandro Serra and Franca Varallo.
Contributors are Paola Caretta, Paolo Cornaglia, Paolo Cozzo, Davide De Franco, Bernard Dompnier, Laura Gaffuri, Pierangelo Gentile, Luisella Giachino, Andrea Merlotti, Frédéric Meyer, Andrea Nicolotti, Almudena Pérez de Tudela, Laurent Ripart, Alessandro Serra and Franca Varallo.
Paolo Cozzo, Ph.D., is Professor of the History of Christianity and Churches at the University of Turin. He is author of several articles and monographs about the relationship between politics and religion in the modern and contemporary period.
Andrea Merlotti, Ph.D., is author of essays concerning the court and the House of Savoy. Since 2007 he has been the Director of the Study Center on Royal Sabaudian Residences in the Royal Palace of Venaria, where he has acted as a curator for numerous exhibitions and conferences.
Andrea Nicolotti, Ph.D., is Professor of the History of Christianity and Churches at the University of Turin. He has published many studies on the history of ancient Christianity and relics, especially the images ânot made by human handâ impressed on textiles.
Andrea Merlotti, Ph.D., is author of essays concerning the court and the House of Savoy. Since 2007 he has been the Director of the Study Center on Royal Sabaudian Residences in the Royal Palace of Venaria, where he has acted as a curator for numerous exhibitions and conferences.
Andrea Nicolotti, Ph.D., is Professor of the History of Christianity and Churches at the University of Turin. He has published many studies on the history of ancient Christianity and relics, especially the images ânot made by human handâ impressed on textiles.
All interested in the history, theology, literature, iconography and architecture of the Shroud of Turin, and its relationship with the European royal dynasties, and the history of the Savoy family.