Why can the dead do such great things? : saints and worshippers from the martyrs to the Reformation /
Bartlett, Robert, 1950-
Why can the dead do such great things? : saints and worshippers from the martyrs to the Reformation / Robert Bartlett. - xviii, 787 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-733) and index.
Part I. Developments. Origins (100-500) -- The early Middle Ages (500-1000) -- The high and later Middle Ages (1000-1500) -- The Protestant Reformation -- part II. Dynamics. The nature of cult -- Saints' days -- Types of saint -- Relics and shrines -- Miracles -- Pilgrimage -- Dedications and naming -- Images of the saints -- The literature of sanctity -- Doubt and dissent -- Reflections.
9780691159133 0691159130
2013019981
GBB387040 bnb
016503437 Uk
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian saints--History.
Christian martyrs--History.
BR 162.3 / .B37 2013
Why can the dead do such great things? : saints and worshippers from the martyrs to the Reformation / Robert Bartlett. - xviii, 787 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-733) and index.
Part I. Developments. Origins (100-500) -- The early Middle Ages (500-1000) -- The high and later Middle Ages (1000-1500) -- The Protestant Reformation -- part II. Dynamics. The nature of cult -- Saints' days -- Types of saint -- Relics and shrines -- Miracles -- Pilgrimage -- Dedications and naming -- Images of the saints -- The literature of sanctity -- Doubt and dissent -- Reflections.
9780691159133 0691159130
2013019981
GBB387040 bnb
016503437 Uk
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian saints--History.
Christian martyrs--History.
BR 162.3 / .B37 2013