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Paperback. 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. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 248 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HDDM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Series
Princeton Paperbacks
Condition
New
Weight
290g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691008622
SKU
V9780691008622
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About Patrick J. Geary
Patrick J. Geary is Professor of History at the University of Florida.
Reviews for Furta Sacra
"[This] is a superb book, original and immaculate in scholarship, elegant in style and though."
R. I. Moore, Times Higher Education Supplement "A shrewd, interesting, and helpful study."
C. N. L. Brooke, History "Geary is at his best in unraveling the tangled accounts of individual thefts to suggest the reasons for their occurrence and in describing the central role of saints and their relics in this age. His exposition of the medieval view that saints resided with and participated actively in the affairs of the communities possessing their relics is essential to understanding the function of saints in this society and the desire of communities to steal or, as he argues, to 'kidnap' them."
John M. McCulloh, American Historical Review "This is a fascinating study of a medieval way of thinking which in certain circumstances countenanced thefts of sacred relics from tombs, churches, and Roman catacombs... Furta Sacra is a truly impressive history shedding much light on a difficult dimension of popular Christian piety in another age."
Michael Connors, Church History
R. I. Moore, Times Higher Education Supplement "A shrewd, interesting, and helpful study."
C. N. L. Brooke, History "Geary is at his best in unraveling the tangled accounts of individual thefts to suggest the reasons for their occurrence and in describing the central role of saints and their relics in this age. His exposition of the medieval view that saints resided with and participated actively in the affairs of the communities possessing their relics is essential to understanding the function of saints in this society and the desire of communities to steal or, as he argues, to 'kidnap' them."
John M. McCulloh, American Historical Review "This is a fascinating study of a medieval way of thinking which in certain circumstances countenanced thefts of sacred relics from tombs, churches, and Roman catacombs... Furta Sacra is a truly impressive history shedding much light on a difficult dimension of popular Christian piety in another age."
Michael Connors, Church History