Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? : Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation /

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From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints - the holy dead. This book, written by a medieval historian, tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the Christian martyrs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bartlett, Robert, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Church history > Middle Ages.
Christian saints.
Christian martyrs.
HISTORY > Medieval.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology.
Martyrs chretiens > Histoire.
Saints chretiens > Histoire.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Christian martyrs > History.
Christian saints > History.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Developments. Origins (100-500) ; The Early Middle Ages (500-1000) ; The High and Later Middle Ages (1000-1500) ; The Protestant Reformation
  • Dynamics. The nature of cult ; Saints' days ; Types of saint ; Relics and shrines ; Miracles ; Pilgrimage ; Dedications and naming ; Images of the saints ; Literature of sanctity ; Doubt and dissent ; Reflections.

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