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Title: Furta Sacra by Patrick J. Geary ISBN: 0-691-00862-0 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 February, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
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Summary: A luminous interpretation of an obscure phenomena
Comment: A martyr's body is stolen by an army of monks; the story of the search of Saint Mark's the Evangelist corpse all over Europe, comissioned by different kings and prelates; the undeniable prestige that Italian relics had all over the Continent; the flux of money that a dead saint brought to a shrine, and how the survival of monasteries depended on their relics; the trade of the relic monger, like Felix, the Frankish monk that sold the bodies of Saint Severus, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Cecilia, Saint Emerita and Saint Eugenia, among others!!These fascinating and bizarre medieval phenomena, known as translatio ( always done with divine help or botched by supernatural dissent) are carefully studied by Geary in this brilliant study. How is it possible that a theft could be applauded by a whole community? That the body of Saint Magdalene had a cult in France? That kings collected relics like the art collectors of today? Explaining the context of these beliefs, it becomes clear that these strange behaviours are not that far from some of the conducts our societies hold dear. Miracles, mysteries, daring thefts, prestige, all are analyzed by Geary. Compassion, wit and first of all a clear understanding of the medieval mind, makes this book a wonderful, entertaining and not at all morbid read.
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Title: Living With the Dead in the Middle Ages by Patrick J. Geary ISBN: 0801480981 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Cult of the Saints by Peter Brown ISBN: 0226076229 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 1982 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Magnificent Corpses: Searching Through Europe for St. Peter's Head, St. Claire's Heart, St. Stephen's Hand, and Other Saintly Relics by Anneli S. Rufus ISBN: 1569246874 Publisher: Marlowe & Company Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Phantoms of Remembrance by Patrick J. Geary ISBN: 0691026033 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 15 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Body and Society by Peter Brown ISBN: 0231061013 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1988 List Price(USD): $24.50 |
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