Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages - Revised Edition

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.

© 2011 Princeton University Press (Libro electrónico): 9781400820207

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Libro electrónico: 27 de junio de 2011