Bibliograph

Furta Sacra, Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages, Patrick J. Geary

Type

Label

Furta Sacra, Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages, Patrick J. Geary

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Furta Sacra

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Patrick J. Geary

Sub title

Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor