Why can the dead do such great things?: Saints and worshippers from the martyrs to the Reformation

From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints--the holy dead. This sweepingly ambitious history from one of the world's leading medieval historians tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the...

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Main Author: Bartlett, Robert 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton and Oxford Princeton University Press 2013
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Online Access:FUBA1
Summary:From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints--the holy dead. This sweepingly ambitious history from one of the world's leading medieval historians tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the Christian martyrs to the Protestant Reformation. Drawing on sources from around the Christian world, Robert Bartlett examines all of the most important aspects of the saints--including miracles, relics, pilgrimages, shrines, and the saints' role in the calendar, literature, a
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 787 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780691159133
9781400848782

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