Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? : : Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation / / Robert Bartlett.
From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints-the holy dead. This ambitious history 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 Refor...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 8 color illus. 23 halftones. 3 line illus. 10 tables. 3 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- PART I. Developments
- Chapter 1. Origins (100-500)
- Chapter 2. The Early Middle Ages (500-1000)
- Chapter 3. The High and Later Middle Ages (1000-1500)
- Chapter 4. The Protestant Reformation
- PART II. Dynamics
- Chapter 5. The Nature of Cult
- Chapter 6. Saints' Days
- Chapter 7. Types of Saint
- Chapter 8. Relics and Shrines
- Chapter 9. Miracles
- Chapter 10. Pilgrimage
- Chapter 11. Dedications and Naming
- Chapter 12. Images of the Saints
- Chapter 13. The Literature of Sanctity
- Chapter 14. Doubt and Dissent
- Chapter 15. Reflections
- Glossary
- Bibliography of Works Cited
- Index