Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 787 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9780691159133
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9781400848782
Content:
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
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Heiligkeit
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Heiligenverehrung
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Geschichte 30-1500
Author information:
Bartlett, Robert 1950-
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