Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? : : Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation /

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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Bartlett, Robert,
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

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