This is a study of the place of patron saints in Frankish society during the Carolingian and early Capetian periods. The book focuses on the composition of works in praise of dead holy people - hagiography - and the veneration of their physical remains - the cult of saints. It examines the patrons o...
Bibliographic Details
| Subtitles: | Hagiography & the Cult of Saints |
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| Main Author: |
Head, Thomas
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| Format: | Electronic
Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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| Published: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1990.
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| In: | Year: 1990 |
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Head, Thomas, Hagiography and the Cult of Saints: The Diocese of Orléans, 800-1200] (1991) (Ziezulewicz, William)
Hagiography and the cult of saints. The diocese of Orléans, 800–1200, By Thomas Head. (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 4th ser. 14.) Pp. xvii + 342 + 2 maps and 2 figs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. £35. 0 521 36500 7 (1994) (Flint, Valerie I. J.)
REVIEWS (1992) (Morris, Colin)
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| Series/Journal: | Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought
4th ser., 14
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Diözese Orléans
/ Saints
/ History 800-1200
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| Further subjects: | B
Christian saints
Cult
France
Orléans Region
History of doctrines, Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Christian hagiography
History, To 1500
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Orléans Region (France)
Church history
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Christian hagiography ; History ; To 1500
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Christian saints
Cult (France) (Orléans Region)
History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Orléans Region (France) ; Church history
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Christian saints ; Cult ; France ; Orléans Region ; History of doctrines ; Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Christian hagiography
History To 1500
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521365000
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