Description
| Product ID: | 9780300184303 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Holy Bones, Holy Dust |
| Subtitle: | How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe |
| Authors: | Author: Charles Freeman |
| Page Count: | 324 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, History of religion, Medieval history, History of religion, Europe, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Yale University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Yale University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-10-15 |