Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe by Charles Freeman

Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe

Charles Freeman

324 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history religion dark informative fast-paced
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A richly textured history spanning a thousand years of holy relics across Europe Relics were everywhere in medieval society. Saintly morsels such as bones, hair, teeth, blood, milk, and clothes, and items like the Crown of Thorns, coveted by Loui...

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