Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages. (Revised edition with new preface): With a New Preface (Princeton Paperbacks) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Furta Sacra: Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages. (Revised edition with new preface): With a New Preface (Princeton Paperbacks) Book

To obtain sacred relics medieval monks plundered tombs avaricious merchants raided churches and relic-mongers scoured the Roman catacombs. This title 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.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    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...

  • 0691008620
  • 9780691008622
  • Patrick J. Geary
  • 1 February 1991
  • Princeton University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 248
  • Revised edition
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