Academic studies

7.1 Academic studies

1. André Vauchez, The Spirituality of the Western Middle Ages (1100-1500), Il Mulino, Bologna 2002.

Extensive overview of the development of the cult of saints, with references to the role of St. Michael in the monastic and chivalric world.

2. Michael E. Goodich, Violence and Miracle in the Fourteenth Century: Private Grief and Public Salvation, University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Analyses the thaumaturgical role of St Michael in the context of medieval miracles.

3. Valerio Petrarca, San Michele Arcangelo. Storia di un culto, Edizioni Dedalo, Bari 2007.

Fundamental monograph on the micaelic cult from Christian antiquity to the modern world.

4. Michel Rouche, Saint Michael and the Early Medieval World, in "Christianity and Society", Firenze University Press, 2004.

Study on the protective and military function of the Archangel in the context of the barbarian kingdoms.

5. Peter Brown, The Cult of the Saints. L'origine di una religione dell'Occidente, Einaudi, Turin 1983 (orig. ed. 1981).

An indispensable essay on the link between saints, pilgrimages and sacred geography in Late Roman Antiquity.

6. Alphonse Dupront, Du sacré: croisades et pèlerinages, image et propagande, Gallimard, Paris 1987.

Fundamental to understanding the symbolic and political dimension of pilgrimage.

7. Maurizio Bettini - Bruno Gentili (ed.), Camminare. Una filosofia, Il Mulino, Bologna 2018.

Philosophical and anthropological study of the symbolic value of walking, including the sacred.

8. Giuseppe Sergi, L'idea di Medioevo. Fra storia e senso comune, Donzelli, Rome 2005.

It contains reflections on how the Middle Ages still construct the imagery of spiritual paths today.

9. Mariarosaria Salerno, Il santuario micaelico del Gargano: archeologia e fonti tardoantiche, in 'Archivio Storico Pugliese', 2015.

Specific study on the birth of the micaelico cult in Monte Sant'Angelo and its first material evidence.

10. Fabrizio Bisconti, I luoghi sacri del primo cristianesimo. Archaeology and Devotion, Jaca Book, Milan 2012.

Section dedicated to cave spaces and early medieval micaelic sanctuaries.

Raffaele Licinio, Monte Sant'Angelo e il culto micaelico nell'Italia medievale, University of Foggia (accessible on Academia.edu)

Benedetta Cotugno, Pellegrinaggi e geografie sacre: la Linea di San Michele, in

"Geostories, 2021.

Chiara Frugoni, Images of saints on the road: the Archangel Michael and protection on journeys, in "Medioevo Latino", vol. XXIV, 2003.