Thefts of Relics in Italy

From Late Antiquity to the Central Middle Ages, 300–1150

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This book seeks to reconstruct the cultural history of the theft of relics in the specific context of Italy, from Late Antiquity to the Central Middle Ages, availing itself of an interdisciplinary perspective.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-06-19
Mått156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt580 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieItaly in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Antal sidor296
FörlagAmsterdam University Press
ISBN9789463723879

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Marco Papasidero is Assistant Professor in History of Christianity and Churches at the University of Palermo, Italy. From 2019 to 2023, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Turin, as part of the ERC StG project NeMoSanctI. He has also been Research Fellow at the Edward Worth Library in Dublin and at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, as well as Visiting Professor at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense.

Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, List of figures, Introduction, 1. Relics and Thefts: A Preliminary Approach, 2. Thefts of relics in Late Antiquity (300-600), 3. Thefts of relics in the Early Middle Ages (600-950), 4. Thefts of relics in the Central Middle Ages (950-1150), 5. The accounts of translation: historical, literary, and visual representations, 6. Anthropology of the thefts of relics, 7. Dreams, Rituals, and Spaces, Conclusions. Thefts of relics: a never-ending story, Appendix, Map of the thefts of relics, Bibliography, Primary sources, Secoundary sources.