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Furta Sacra e-bog
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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.
E-bog
253,01 DKK
Forlag
Princeton University Press
Udgivet
27 juni 2011
Længde
248 sider
Genrer
1D
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781400820207
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.