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

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

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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.

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  • Feb 21, 1991 Pub Date:
  • 9780691008622 ISBN-13:
  • 0691008620 ISBN-10:
  • English Language