The Beginnings of the Cult of Relics

Autorzy:

Robert Wiśniewski

Investigates how Christians began to believe in power of relics and shows how the phenomenon crossed cultural frontiers within late-antique Christendom
Considers how they sought to reveal hidden knowledge at the tombs of saints and why they buried the death close to them
Offers a careful reassessment of an important phenomenon, focused on relics, not the cult of saints in general

264 Pages

ISBN: 9780199675562