Erin Kathleen Rowe
Biographic Data
| ID | 727651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Kathleen Rowe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Rowe |
| SIGNATURE | ROWE E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-7918-8631 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Black Saints
This chapter traces the development of Black sanctity in early modern Catholicism, examining how Black saints were venerated within the context of European Christianity, transatlantic slavery, and African diasporic communities. By focusing on both ancient and contemporary holy Black figures, the chapter explores the rich and multifaced roles played by Black saints in both European missionary efforts and Afro-diasporic religious practices.
European History Quarterly Roundtable
La Iglesia en Palacio
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Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Spanish and Portuguese monarchs launched global campaigns for territory and trade. This process spurred two efforts that reshaped the world: missions to spread Christianity to the four corners of the globe, and the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. These efforts joined in unexpected ways to give rise to black saints. Erin Kathleen Rowe presents the untold story of how black saints - and the …
Embodying the Sacred
In this rigorously researched analysis of the lives of holy women in colonial Lima, Nancy van Deusen offers an exploration of female networks and their particular relationship to embodied holiness. She uses women's engagement with material objects as a primary focus to link a series of case studies, as such objects had both spiritual and didactic potential. As religious women moved in and out of spaces that were exclusively feminine, they communi…
Introduction
The Early Modern Hispanic World
Iberia stands at the center of key trends in Atlantic and world histories, largely because Portugal and Spain were the first European kingdoms to 'go global'. The Early Modern Hispanic World engages with new ways of thinking about the early modern Hispanic past, as a field of study that has grown exponentially in recent years. It focuses predominantly on questions of how people understood the rapidly changing world in which they lived - how they …
The King, the City, and the Saints
After Death, Her Face Turned White
In the early modern period, devotion to black saints began to spread throughout the Catholic World. First envisioned as a tool for the conversion of newly baptized black slaves, the cults of black saints spread rapidly throughout Iberia and the Americas. This article examines hagiographies written by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century clergy about three important holy people of color: Benedict of Palermo, Mart i ́ n de Porres, and Teresa Juliana…
The Cult of St Clare of Assisi in Early Modern Italy
Tolerance and Coexistence in Early Modern Spain
The history of the moriscos (converts from Islam to Christianity and their descendants) has seen a resurgence in recent decades, although scholarly work on this topic remains dwarfed by the enormous literature on the conversos (converts from Judaism to Christianity and their descendants) in Spanish historiography. This effort by Trevor Dadson, along with a few other recent studies—notably those by James Amelang and Mercedes García Arenal—reminds …
Saint and Nation
"Examines the controversy in early seventeenth-century Spain over the elevation of Saint Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Assesses the crucial role of sanctity in the symbolic representation of the nation in early modern Europe"--Provided by publisher.
Approaches to Teaching Teresa of Ávila and the Spanish Mystics. Approaches to Teaching World Literature
The Cult of Saint Catherine of Siena
Saints and Their Cults in the Atlantic World
Saints and Their Cults in the Atlantic traces the changing significance of a dozen saints and holy sites from the fourth century to the twentieth and from Africa, Sicily, Wales, and Iceland to Canada, Boston, Mexico, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Scholars representing the fields of history, art history, religious studies, and communications contribute their perspectives in this interdisciplinary collection, also notable as the first English language…
St. Teresa and Olivares
Erin Kathleen Rowe, St. Teresa and Olivares: Patron Sainthood, Royal Favorites, and the Politics of Plurality in Seventeenth-Century Spain, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Fall, 2006), pp. 721-737
Embodying the Sacred
In this rigorously researched analysis of the lives of holy women in colonial Lima, Nancy van Deusen offers an exploration of female networks and their particular relationship to embodied holiness. She uses women's engagement with material objects as a primary focus to link a series of case studies, as such objects had both spiritual and didactic potential. As religious women moved in and out of spaces that were exclusively feminine, they communi…
St. Teresa and Olivares
Erin Kathleen Rowe, St. Teresa and Olivares: Patron Sainthood, Royal Favorites, and the Politics of Plurality in Seventeenth-Century Spain, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Fall, 2006), pp. 721-737
Saints and Their Cults in the Atlantic World
Saints and Their Cults in the Atlantic traces the changing significance of a dozen saints and holy sites from the fourth century to the twentieth and from Africa, Sicily, Wales, and Iceland to Canada, Boston, Mexico, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Scholars representing the fields of history, art history, religious studies, and communications contribute their perspectives in this interdisciplinary collection, also notable as the first English language…
The Cult of Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint and Nation
"Examines the controversy in early seventeenth-century Spain over the elevation of Saint Teresa of Avila to co-patron saint alongside the traditional patron, Santiago. Assesses the crucial role of sanctity in the symbolic representation of the nation in early modern Europe"--Provided by publisher.
Approaches to Teaching Teresa of Ávila and the Spanish Mystics. Approaches to Teaching World Literature
The Cult of St Clare of Assisi in Early Modern Italy
Tolerance and Coexistence in Early Modern Spain
The history of the moriscos (converts from Islam to Christianity and their descendants) has seen a resurgence in recent decades, although scholarly work on this topic remains dwarfed by the enormous literature on the conversos (converts from Judaism to Christianity and their descendants) in Spanish historiography. This effort by Trevor Dadson, along with a few other recent studies—notably those by James Amelang and Mercedes García Arenal—reminds …
After Death, Her Face Turned White
In the early modern period, devotion to black saints began to spread throughout the Catholic World. First envisioned as a tool for the conversion of newly baptized black slaves, the cults of black saints spread rapidly throughout Iberia and the Americas. This article examines hagiographies written by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century clergy about three important holy people of color: Benedict of Palermo, Mart i ́ n de Porres, and Teresa Juliana…
Introduction
The Early Modern Hispanic World
Iberia stands at the center of key trends in Atlantic and world histories, largely because Portugal and Spain were the first European kingdoms to 'go global'. The Early Modern Hispanic World engages with new ways of thinking about the early modern Hispanic past, as a field of study that has grown exponentially in recent years. It focuses predominantly on questions of how people understood the rapidly changing world in which they lived - how they …
The King, the City, and the Saints
Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Spanish and Portuguese monarchs launched global campaigns for territory and trade. This process spurred two efforts that reshaped the world: missions to spread Christianity to the four corners of the globe, and the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. These efforts joined in unexpected ways to give rise to black saints. Erin Kathleen Rowe presents the untold story of how black saints - and the …
Embodying the Sacred
In this rigorously researched analysis of the lives of holy women in colonial Lima, Nancy van Deusen offers an exploration of female networks and their particular relationship to embodied holiness. She uses women's engagement with material objects as a primary focus to link a series of case studies, as such objects had both spiritual and didactic potential. As religious women moved in and out of spaces that were exclusively feminine, they communi…
La Iglesia en Palacio
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Black Saints
This chapter traces the development of Black sanctity in early modern Catholicism, examining how Black saints were venerated within the context of European Christianity, transatlantic slavery, and African diasporic communities. By focusing on both ancient and contemporary holy Black figures, the chapter explores the rich and multifaced roles played by Black saints in both European missionary efforts and Afro-diasporic religious practices.
European History Quarterly Roundtable
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