LEADER 03408nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910779129903321 005 20230906234321.0 010 $a0-300-16659-1 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300166590 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104963 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24486831 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720835 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11406853 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720835 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10687561 035 $a(PQKB)11531495 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420906 035 $a(DE-B1597)486342 035 $a(OCoLC)1024016341 035 $a(OCoLC)1029818624 035 $a(OCoLC)1032662206 035 $a(OCoLC)1037967764 035 $a(OCoLC)1041974793 035 $a(OCoLC)1046607392 035 $a(OCoLC)1047008441 035 $a(OCoLC)1049628098 035 $a(OCoLC)1054874201 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300166590 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420906 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579305 035 $a(OCoLC)923599012 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104963 100 $a20101022d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHoly bones, holy dust$b[electronic resource] $ehow relics shaped the history of Medieval Europe /$fCharles Freeman 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-12571-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-296) and index. 327 $aPrologue: the making of a martyr -- How the Christian relic emerged -- The incorruptible flesh of the martyrs -- Creating a Christian landscape -- The battle for acceptance -- The view from Byzantium -- Bishops, magic and relics in the post-Roman world -- 'A barbarous, fierce and unbelieving nation' -- The great consolidator -- Hope and desperation in a disordered world -- Cults and the rise of anti-semitism -- Fervent Christian pilgrims -- 'The eyes are fed with gold-bedecked reliquaries' -- Looting the East -- Louis IX and the Sainte-Chapelle -- Sacred flesh between death and resurrection -- 'Christ's recruits ... fight back' -- Protectors of il Popolo -- The Virgin Mary and the penitent whore -- The wondrous blood of Christ -- Rescuers and devils -- 'Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands' -- 'dead images that ... may not ... help any man of any disease' -- Protestantism and the new iconoclasm -- Intimations of reality -- Reasserting the miraculous -- Within the community of the supernatural. 330 $aRelics were everywhere in medieval society. Saintly morsels such as bones, hair, teeth, blood, milk, and clothes, and items like the Crown of Thorns were thought to bring the believer closer to the saint, who might intercede with God on his or her behalf. This book presents an illustrated exploration of 1000 years of holy relics across Europe. 606 $aRelics$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aChristian saints$xCult$xHistory$yTo 1500 615 0$aRelics$xHistory 615 0$aChristian saints$xCult$xHistory 676 $a235/.2 686 $a11.59$2bcl 700 $aFreeman$b Charles$f1947-$01462209 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779129903321 996 $aHoly bones, holy dust$93787189 997 $aUNINA