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

306 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history religion dark informative fast-paced
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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 Louis IX of France, were thought to bring the believer closer to the saint, who might ...

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