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CONTENTS 8 PREFACE TO THE 1990 EDITION 10 PREFACE 12 ABBREVIATIONS 16 CHAPTER ONE: RELICS AND SAINTS IN THE CENTRAL MIDDLE AGES 20 RELICS AS SYMBOL 22 BETWEEN HAGIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY 26 THE EVOLUTION OF SAINTS' CULTS IN THE CENTRAL MIDDLE AGES 32 CHAPTER TWO: THE CULT OF RELICS IN CAROLINGIAN EUROPE 45 RELIC CULTS TO THE NINTH CENfURY 46 THE NATURE OF RELICS 49 CAROLINGIAN REFORM AND THE CULT OF RELICS 52 CHAPTER THREE: THE PROFESSIONALS 61 THE ITALIAN TRADE 62 ENGLAND 66 CONCLUSIONS 69 CHAPTER FOUR: MONASTIC THEFTS 73 MONASTIC COMPETITION 75 FINANCING CONSTRUCTION 80 RIVAL LOCAL TRADITIONS 82 EVOLUTION OF RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT 91 LAY ENCROACHMENT 95 CONCLUSION 99 CHAPTER FIVE: URBAN THEFTS 104 "TRANSLATIO SANCTI MARCI" 105 "TRANSLATIO SANCTI NICOLAI" 111 "VITA SANCTI APPIANI" 120 CHAPTER SIX: JUSTIFICATIONS 125 LEGALITY OF RELIC THEFTS 127 RATIONALIZATIONS 129 THE FORMATION OF A LITERARY TRADITION 135 PERCEPTION 141 SACRED HISTORY AND COMMUNAL PRIDE 142 CHAPTER SEVEN: CONCLUSIONS 146 APPENDIX A: CRITIQUE OF TEXTS 152 I. "TRANSLATIO BEATI VINCENTII" 152 II. "TRANSLATIO SANCTAE FIDEI" 155 III. "TRANSLATIO SANCTAE FAUSTAE" 158 IV. "TRANSLATIO SANCTI MAIANI" 162 APPENDIX B: HANDLIST OF
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- Author
- American Council of Learned Societies;Geary, Patrick J
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (101 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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