@inproceedings{8711918,
  abstract     = {{In the engraving, ‘Ordre de la Procession pour la canonization de quelques Saints’ by the French Protestant Bernard Picart, we see a procession that marches through St. Peter’s Church in Rome. It is featured in the intriguing book, Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses. In the text that accompanies the engraving, the author tells his readers everything about this spectacular event. According to the description, all the avenues of St. Peter’s Square were occupied by an extraordinary large crowd of people. Magnificent church bells of the Vatican could be heard from afar and the people that were singing the Te Deum were accompanied by the joyous music of an ensemble of instruments when entering the Basilica. The festive atmosphere, the large number of devotees and the presence of the pope inflicted heavy emotions on the spectators. Following Bernard’s depiction, people started crying and screaming in order to catch attention and to receive the blessings of the vicar of Jesus Christ at first hand. In Picart’s engraving, the theatricality of the event is highlighted even more. Tapestries, paintings, curtains and statues decorate the enormous space. Everything is lid by candles that are placed near the rooftop, in chandeliers and in the hands of the clergymen. In this contribution, I would like to highlight the theatricality of the cathedral’s setting through the eyes of Picart and Bernard. Although St. Peter’s Basilica is itself not a cathedral, this case study, and the CCR in general, points to the exuberant character of Catholic places of worship and the specific role they fulfil in guiding the faithful. Hence, I intend to present Picart and Bernard’s depiction of the role of the church/cathedral in the Early Modern World as an enchanting, and thereby highly misleading instrument of Catholic devotion.}},
  author       = {{Nellis, Steff}},
  booktitle    = {{Colloquium : cathedrals and collegiate churches in the Later Middle Ages and Early Modernity, Abstracts}},
  keywords     = {{Bernard Picart,Catholicism,Cathedral,Jean Frederic Bernard,religion}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Online (De Montfort University, Leicester)}},
  title        = {{Performing devotion : the theatrical staging of the cathedral in Picart and Bernard’s Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses (1723-1743)}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}