Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages (Princeton Paperbacks)

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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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EAN/ISBN:: 9780691008622
Edition:: Reprint, Subsequent
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 236
Publication date:: 1991-02-01
Publisher:: Princeton University Press

EAN/ISBN:: 9780691008622
Edition:: Reprint, Subsequent
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 236
Publication date:: 1991-02-01
Publisher:: Princeton University Press

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