Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe

by Charles Freeman

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A richly textured history spanning a thousand years of holy relics across Europe

Relics were everywhere in medieval society. Saintly morsels such as bones, hair, teeth, blood, milk, and clothes, and items like the Crown of Thorns, coveted by Louis IX of France, were thought to bring the believer closer to the saint, who might intercede with God on his or her behalf. In the first comprehensive history in English of the rise of relic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300184301

ISBN13:9780300184303

Release Date:November 2012

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:324 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.7" x 8.9"

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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