02710nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10579305 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101022s2011 ctub sb 001 0 eng d 2010044321 9780300125719 (cl alk. paper) 0300125712 (cl alk. paper) 9780300166590 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)808346466 BX2333 .F74 2011eb 235/.2 22 Freeman, Charles, 1947- Holy bones, holy dust [electronic resource] : how relics shaped the history of Medieval Europe / Charles Freeman. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011. xv, 306 p. : maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-296) and index. Prologue: the making of a martyr -- How the Christian relic emerged -- The incorruptible flesh of the martyrs -- Creating a Christian landscape -- The battle for acceptance -- The view from Byzantium -- Bishops, magic and relics in the post-Roman world -- 'A barbarous, fierce and unbelieving nation' -- The great consolidator -- Hope and desperation in a disordered world -- Cults and the rise of anti-semitism -- Fervent Christian pilgrims -- 'The eyes are fed with gold-bedecked reliquaries' -- Looting the East -- Louis IX and the Sainte-Chapelle -- Sacred flesh between death and resurrection -- 'Christ's recruits ... fight back' -- Protectors of il Popolo -- The Virgin Mary and the penitent whore -- The wondrous blood of Christ -- Rescuers and devils -- 'Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands' -- 'dead images that ... may not ... help any man of any disease' -- Protestantism and the new iconoclasm -- Intimations of reality -- Reasserting the miraculous -- Within the community of the supernatural. Relics were everywhere in medieval society. Saintly morsels such as bones, hair, teeth, blood, milk, and clothes, and items like the Crown of Thorns were thought to bring the believer closer to the saint, who might intercede with God on his or her behalf. This book presents an illustrated exploration of 1000 years of holy relics across Europe. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Relics History To 1500. Christian saints Cult History To 1500. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579305 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 188773 188773