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9781400848782 (electronic bk.) |
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1400848784 (electronic bk.) |
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9780691159133 |
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0691159130 |
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1 online resource |
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text |
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computer |
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online resource |
| Call No. |
BR162.3 .B37 2013eb |
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JSTOR electronic books -- ConnectNY EBA Project
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| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Access is restricted to RIT students, faculty and staff |
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Print version record |
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Part I. Developments -- part II. Dynamics |
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From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints--the holy dead. This sweepingly ambitious history from one of the world's leading medieval historians 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 Reformation. Drawing on sources from around the Christian world, Robert Bartlett examines all of the most important aspects of the saints--including miracles, relics, pilgrimages, shrines, and the saints' role in the calendar, literature, a |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions Added to collection jstor.ebookseba - Removed from collection jstor.ebookseba |
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Christian saints -- History
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Christian martyrs -- History
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Electronic books. local
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| Alt Author |
JSTOR (Organization)
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