000702011 000__ 02626cam\a2200349\a\4500 000702011 001__ 702011 000702011 005__ 20210515094811.0 000702011 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000702011 007__ cr\\u\nnnunnun|| 000702011 008__ 101022s2011\\\\ctub\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000702011 010__ $$z 2010044321 000702011 020__ $$z9780300125719 (cl alk. paper) 000702011 020__ $$z0300125712 (cl alk. paper) 000702011 020__ $$z9780300166590 $$qelectronic book 000702011 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579305 000702011 035__ $$a(OCoLC)808346466 000702011 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000702011 05014 $$aBX2333$$b.F74 2011eb 000702011 08204 $$a235/.2$$222 000702011 1001_ $$aFreeman, Charles,$$d1947- 000702011 24510 $$aHoly bones, holy dust$$h[electronic resource] :$$bhow relics shaped the history of Medieval Europe /$$cCharles Freeman. 000702011 260__ $$aNew Haven :$$bYale University Press,$$cc2011. 000702011 300__ $$axv, 306 p. :$$bmaps. 000702011 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-296) and index. 000702011 5050_ $$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. 000702011 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000702011 520__ $$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. 000702011 650_0 $$aRelics$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000702011 650_0 $$aChristian saints$$xCult$$xHistory$$yTo 1500. 000702011 852__ $$bebk 000702011 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10579305$$zOnline Access 000702011 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:702011$$pGLOBAL_SET 000702011 980__ $$aEBOOK 000702011 980__ $$aBIB 000702011 982__ $$aEbook 000702011 983__ $$aOnline