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Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages. (Revised Edition)

1990 Princeton University Press ;ISBN: 9780691008622 ;ISBN: 0691008620 ;EISBN: 1400820200 ;EISBN: 9781400820207 ;LCCallNum: BX2333.G42

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  • Title:
    Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages. (Revised Edition)
  • Author: Patrick J. Geary
  • Subjects: Europe ; HISTORY ; Medieval ; Medieval, 500-1500 ; Relics and reliquaries ; Social history ; Thefts
  • Description: To obtain sacred relics, medieval monks plundered tombs, avaricious merchants raided churches, and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. In a revised edition ofFurta 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.
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Creation Date: 2011
  • Format: 248
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780691008622
    ISBN: 0691008620
    EISBN: 1400820200
    EISBN: 9781400820207
    LCCallNum: BX2333.G42
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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