Furta Sacra
Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages - Revised Edition
(Sprache: Englisch)
To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition of Furta Sacra, Patrick Geary considers the social and cultural context for these acts, asking...
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To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition of Furta Sacra, Patrick Geary considers the social and cultural context for these acts, asking how the relics were perceived and why the thefts met with the approval of medieval Christians.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Patrick J. Geary
- 236 Seiten, Maße: 14 x 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691008620
- ISBN-13: 9780691008622
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.02.1991
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Furta Sacra is truly impressive history shedding much light on a difficult dimension of popular Christian piety in another age."--Church History
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