Furta Sacra

Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages - Revised Edition

Patrick J. Geary (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

1991 | Revised Edition
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-00862-2 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Patrick J. Geary is Professor of History at the University of Florida.

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface to the 1990 Edition, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xv*CHAPTER ONE. Relics and Saints in the Central Middle Ages, pg. 1*CHAPTER TWO. The Cult of Relics in Carolingian Europe, pg. 28*CHAPTER THREE. The Professionals, pg. 44*CHAPTER FOUR. Monastic Thefts, pg. 56*CHAPTER FIVE. Urban Thefts, pg. 87*CHAPTER SIX. Justifications, pg. 108*CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusions, pg. 129*APPENDIX A: Critique of Texts, pg. 135*APPENDIX B: Handlist of Relic Thefts, pg. 149*Notes, pg. 157*Bibliography, pg. 185*Index, pg. 211

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.2.1991
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	28 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	0-691-00862-0 / 0691008620
ISBN-13	978-0-691-00862-2 / 9780691008622
Zustand	Neuware