The Cult of the Saints <subTitle>Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Brown, Peter</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">3:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>The University of Chicago Press</publisher> <dateIssued>1981</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>187tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustration</extent> <extent>23</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Peter Brown</note> <subject> <topic>Religion -- Cults</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">270.2</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B877-P48</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0226076210</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14748/29.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14748/29.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071412.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>