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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780691008622 (0691008620)
ASIN: 691008620
Publish date: February 1st 1991
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
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