Ancient Reliques
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Published: 1812
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Author: James Storer
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Published: 1812
Total Pages: 218
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Published: 1887
Total Pages: 580
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Published: 1803
Total Pages: 342
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Published: 1857
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Published: 1812
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Freeman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2011-05-24
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 0300166591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRelics were everywhere in medieval society. Saintly morsels such as bones, hair, teeth, blood, milk, and clothes, and items like the Crown of Thorns, coveted by Louis IX of France, were thought to bring the believer closer to the saint, who might intercede with God on his or her behalf. In the first comprehensive history in English of the rise of relic cults, Charles Freeman takes readers on a vivid, fast-paced journey from Constantinople to the northern Isles of Scotland over the course of a millennium.In "Holy Bones, Holy Dust," Freeman illustrates that the pervasiveness and variety of relics answered very specific needs of ordinary people across a darkened Europe under threat of political upheavals, disease, and hellfire. But relics were not only venerated--they were traded, collected, lost, stolen, duplicated, and destroyed. They were bargaining chips, good business and good propaganda, politically appropriated across Europe, and even used to wield military power. Freeman examines an expansive array of relics, showing how the mania for these objects deepens our understanding of the medieval world and why these relics continue to capture our imagination.
Author: Anna Frebel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-08-27
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 0691197199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA leading astronomer takes readers behind the scenes of the thrilling science of stellar archaeology and explains how sections of the night sky are "excavated" in the hunt for extremely rare, 13-billion-year-old relic stars and how this quest reveals tantalizing new details about the origins and evolution of the cosmos.
Author: James Storer
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Published: 1812
Total Pages: 208
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