Introduction Tondo Doni

Stefaniak, Regina

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“…From there they quickly travelled to Italy where Gerson's ideas about St Joseph were incorporated into sermons of the Franciscan Bernardino de' Busti, which were in turn published in 1493. 38 'Thus', explains Catherine Brown in her book on Gerson's sermons, 'an analysis of Gerson's pastoral teaching is an analysis of what a fair number of the laity, in France and Germany at least, were hearing and reading in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. ' 39 When he arrived at Constance in 1414 Gerson was already an enthusiastic proponent of the cult of St Joseph.…”

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St Joseph, St Peter, Jean Gerson and the Guelphs

Richardson

2011

Renaissance Studies

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The representation of St Joseph in Renaissance art has attracted scholarly attention in recent years, but not that of St Peter. Considering his prevalence in late antique and medieval art, Peter's artistic representation in the early modern period is remarkably rare. This article finds that the two saints were inextricably linked, particularly after the period of councils in the first half of the fifteenth century. It examines the significance of their conflation through the writings of Jean Gerson at the Council of Constance when the role and nature of a single pope to replace the three of the Great Schism was being debated. Joseph, as protector of the Holy Family and of the infant Jesus, was paralleled with Peter who accompanied the adult Christ: Joseph's marriage to the Virgin Mary was a model for the metaphorical marriage of Christ to his Church which he delegated Peter to look after as his vicar. Therefore Joseph was a model for the successors of Peter – the popes – to follow. The imagery was particularly relevant in a Guelph context, which ensured its prevalence until the period of the Italian Wars.

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St Joseph, St Peter, Jean Gerson and the Guelphs

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2011

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