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Furta sacra: Thefts of relics in the central Middle Ages

Furta sacra: Thefts of relics in the central Middle Ages
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  • ISBN-13: 9780691052618
  • ISBN: 0691052611
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press

AUTHOR

Geary, Patrick J.

SUMMARY

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.Geary, Patrick J. is the author of 'Furta sacra: Thefts of relics in the central Middle Ages' with ISBN 9780691052618 and ISBN 0691052611.

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