Furta Sacra : : Thefts of Relics in the Central Middle Ages - Revised Edition / / Patrick J. Geary.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Geary, Patrick J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Revised edition with a New preface by the author
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface to the 1990 Edition --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; CHAPTER ONE. Relics and Saints in the Central Middle Ages --; CHAPTER TWO. The Cult of Relics in Carolingian Europe --; CHAPTER THREE. The Professionals --; CHAPTER FOUR. Monastic Thefts --; CHAPTER FIVE. Urban Thefts --; CHAPTER SIX. Justifications --; CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusions --; APPENDIX A: Critique of Texts --; APPENDIX B: Handlist of Relic Thefts --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400820207; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400820207
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Patrick J. Geary.

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.