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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 cons...
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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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Price: $41.00
Pages: 248
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 21 February 1991
ISBN: 9780691008622
Format: Paperback
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HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages
"[This] is a superb book, original and immaculate in scholarship, elegant in style and though."---R. I. Moore, Times Higher Education Supplement
Patrick J. Geary is Professor of History at the University of Florida.