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Furta Sacra

Furta Sacra

Patrick J. Geary / Patrick JGeary

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Editorial:
Princeton University Press
Año de edición:
1991
Materia
Historia de Europa
ISBN:
9780691008622
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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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