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Holy Bones, Holy Dust
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Relics affected everyone in medieval society. In this book, the author illustrates that the pervasiveness and variety of relics answered very specific needs of ordinary people across a darkened Europe under threat of political upheavals, disease, and hellfire. It examines an array of relics in the broad social and cultural context of their age.
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Holy Bones, Holy Dust, Charles Freeman
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- 2012
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- Title
- Holy Bones, Holy Dust
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Charles Freeman
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0300184301
- ISBN13
- 9780300184303
- Category
- Social sciences, Esotericism and Religion
- Description
- Relics affected everyone in medieval society. In this book, the author illustrates that the pervasiveness and variety of relics answered very specific needs of ordinary people across a darkened Europe under threat of political upheavals, disease, and hellfire. It examines an array of relics in the broad social and cultural context of their age.