- Ce sujet contient 0 réponse, 1 participant et a été mis à jour pour la dernière fois par
, le il y a 4 années.
-
Messages
-
Holy Bones, Holy Dust
How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe
by Charles Freeman🔗 Holy Bones, Holy Dust · READ MORE 🔗
- Author: Charles Freeman
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Genres: history, religion, medieval, medievalism, catholic, historical
- Format: hardcover, 306 pages
- ISBN: 9780300125719 (0300125712)
- Release date: May 24, 2011
- Language: english
About The Book
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 cults, Charles Freeman takes readers on a vivid, fast-paced journey from Constantinople to the northern Isles of Scotland over the course of a millennium.
In Holy Bones, Holy Dust, Freeman illustrates that the pervasiveness and variety of relics answered very specific needs of ordinary people across a darkened Europe under threat of political upheavals, disease, and hellfire. But relics were not only venerated — they were traded, collected, lost, stolen, duplicated, and destroyed. They were bargaining chips, good business and good propaganda, politically appropriated across Europe, and even used to wield military power. Freeman examines an expansive array of relics, showing how the mania for these objects deepens our understanding of the medieval world and why these relics continue to capture our imagination.
Hardcover Holy Bones, Holy Dust read. MOBI book Holy Bones, Holy Dust Charles Freeman buy cheap reader on Book Depository. FB2 ebook Holy Bones, Holy Dust on Kobo.
Hardback book Holy Bones, Holy Dust by Charles Freeman download for Android. TXT ebook Holy Bones, Holy Dust buy on Mac. EPUB Holy Bones, Holy Dust by Charles Freeman read online on Booktopia.
Online Holy Bones, Holy Dust Charles Freeman download on iPhone. MP3 book Holy Bones, Holy Dust on Books-a-Million. PDF ebook Holy Bones, Holy Dust read online.
- Vous devez être connecté pour répondre à ce sujet.