Thefts of Relics in Italy : From Late Antiquity to the Central Middle Ages, 300-1150.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papasidero, Marco, author.

Series:

Italy in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theft of relics.

Italy--History.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Papasidero Marco : Marco Papasidero is Assistant Professor in History of Christianity and Churches at the University of Palermo, Italy. From 2019 to 2023, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Turin, as part of the ERC StG project NeMoSanctI. He has also been Research Fellow at the Edward Worth Library in Dublin and at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, as well as Visiting Professor at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense.

Summary:

With the emergence of the cult of saints, their remains assumed a central role, becoming sources of miraculous events and healings.According to the accounts of their martyrdom, the bodies were initially removed immediately after death to protect them from destruction by the elements or animals.

Contents:

Abbreviations Acknowledgements List of figures Introduction 1. Relics and Thefts: A Preliminary Approach 2. Thefts of relics in Late Antiquity (300-600) 3. Thefts of relics in the Early Middle Ages (600-950) 4. Thefts of relics in the Central Middle Ages (950-1150) 5. The accounts of translation: historical, literary, and visual representations 6. Anthropology of the thefts of relics 7. Dreams, Rituals, and Spaces Conclusions. Thefts of relics: a never-ending story Appendix Map of the thefts of relics Bibliography Primary sources Secoundary sources.

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-079842-X

1-003-70819-6

1-04-077248-X

90-485-5553-1

9781003708193

OCLC:

1522534630

Publisher Number:

10.5117/9789463723879