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The Cult of the Saints Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity Peter Brown

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Haskell Lectures on History of Religions, new series, no. 2Publication details: U.S.A.; The University of Chicago Press; 1981Description: 187tr; hardcover, illustration; 23ISBN:
  • 0226076210
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 270.2
  • B877-P48
Online resources: Summary: Following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, the cult of the saints was the dominant form of religion in Christian Europe. In this elegantly written work, Peter Brown explores the role of tombs, shrines, relics, and pilgrimages connected with the sacred bodies of the saints... Brown demonstrates how this form of religiosity engaged the finest minds of the Church and elicited from members of the educated upper classes some of their most splendid achievements in poetry, literature, and the patronage of the arts.
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Following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, the cult of the saints was the dominant form of religion in Christian Europe. In this elegantly written work, Peter Brown explores the role of tombs, shrines, relics, and pilgrimages connected with the sacred bodies of the saints... Brown demonstrates how this form of religiosity engaged the finest minds of the Church and elicited from members of the educated upper classes some of their most splendid achievements in poetry, literature, and the patronage of the arts.

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