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Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages

Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages

Name: Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Patrick J. Geary
ISBN: 9780691008622

Patrick J. Geary

01/02/1991
Princeton University Press

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Couverture de Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages par Patrick J. Geary

Résumé

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.