Furta sacra : thefts of relics in the central Middle Ages
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...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
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Princeton N.J :
Princeton University Press
2011.
Paris : Cyberlibris |
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| Online Zugang: | Accès Université Orléans et IFPM |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Furta sacra, thefts of relics in the central Middle Ages, Patrick J. Geary, Edition revue, 1990, Princeton N.J, Princeton University Press, 1 volume (XVI-219 pages), Princeton paperbacks, 0-691-00862-0 |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Couverture. https://static2.cyberlibris.com/books_upload/136pix/9781400820207.jpg Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Histoire |
| Bibliographie: | Bibliographie p. [185]-209. Notes bibliographiques. Index |
| ISBN: | 9781400820207 |
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