Holy Bones, Holy Dust

Informationen zum Autor Charles Freeman is a specialist on the ancient world and its legacy. He is the author of numerous books, including the bestseller The Closing of the Western Mind . Klappentext Relics affected everyone in medieval society. In this book, the author illustrates that the pervasiveness and variety of relics answered very specific needs of ordinary people across a darkened Europe under threat of political upheavals, disease, and hellfire. It examines an array of relics in the broad social and cultural context of their age. Zusammenfassung Relics affected everyone in medieval society. In this book! the author illustrates that the pervasiveness and variety of relics answered very specific needs of ordinary people across a darkened Europe under threat of political upheavals! disease! and hellfire. It examines an array of relics in the broad social and cultural context of their age.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Freeman
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2012
• EAN: 9780300184303
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18430-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book