Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?
Robert Bartlett
Sachbuch / Mittelalter
Beschreibung
A sweeping, authoritative, and entertaining history of the Christian cult of the saints from its origin to the Reformation
From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints—the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the Christian martyrs to the Protestant Reformation. Robert Bartlett examines all of the most important aspects of the saints—including miracles, relics, pilgrimages, shrines, and the saints' role in the calendar, literature, and art.
The book explores the central role played by the bodies and body parts of saints, and the special treatment these relics received. From the routes, dangers, and rewards of pilgrimage, to the saints' impact on everyday life, Bartlett's account is an unmatched examination of an important and intriguing part of the religious life of the past—as well as the present.
Kundenbewertungen
Archbishop of Canterbury, Hagiography, Cuthbert, Intercession, Early Middle Ages, John the Baptist, Calendar of saints, Late Middle Ages, Book of hours, John the Evangelist, Litany, Christendom, Christian monasticism, Gregory of Tours, Veneration, Middle Ages, Pilgrim badge, Patron saint, John Chrysostom, Sermon, Perpetua and Felicity, Saint, Franciscans, Procession, Church Fathers, Reliquary, Altarpiece, Parish church, Asceticism, Religion, Clergy, Basilica, Ordination, Eastern Christianity, Iconoclasm, Diocese, Relic, Illustration, Western Europe, Anthony the Great, Theology, Canonization, Indulgence, Incorruptibility, Ex-voto, Christianity, Protestantism, Saint Dominic, Solemnity, Old Testament, Christian martyrs, Monasticism, Late Antiquity, Sulpicius Severus, Literature, New Testament, Thomas Becket, Persecution, Monastery, The Monastery, Paganism, Christian, Christian Church, Friar, Martyrology, Cistercians, Pope Gregory I, Pope, Martyr, Order of Saint Benedict