02710nam a2200349 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003400112020003100146020002700177040002100204035002100225050002400246082001500270100002900285245012100314260004800435300002400483504006400507505102000571520035001591533015201941650003002093650004602123655002902169710001702198856012602215999001902341ebr10579305CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||101022s2011    ctub    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2010044321  z9780300125719 (cl alk. paper)  z0300125712 (cl alk. paper)  z9780300166590 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)80834646614aBX2333b.F74 2011eb04a235/.22221 aFreeman, Charles,d1947-10aHoly bones, holy dusth[electronic resource] :bhow relics shaped the history of Medieval Europe /cCharles Freeman.  aNew Haven :bYale University Press,cc2011.  axv, 306 p. :bmaps.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-296) and index.0 aPrologue: 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.  aRelics 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aRelicsxHistoryyTo 1500. 0aChristian saintsxCultxHistoryyTo 1500. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579305zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c188773d188773