The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity, Enlarged Edition - Softcover

Brown, Peter

 
9780226175263: The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity, Enlarged Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 022617526X ISBN 13: 9780226175263
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

In this groundbreaking work, Peter Brown explores how the worship of saints and their corporeal remains became central to religious life in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. During this period, earthly remnants served as a heavenly connection, and their veneration is a fascinating window into the cultural mood of a region in transition.

Brown challenges the long-held “two-tier” idea of religion that separated the religious practices of the sophisticated elites from those of the superstitious masses, instead arguing that the cult of the saints crossed boundaries and played a dynamic part in both the Christian faith and the larger world of late antiquity. He shows how men and women living in harsh and sometimes barbaric times relied upon the holy dead to obtain justice, forgiveness, and power, and how a single sainted hair could inspire great thinkers and great artists.

An essential text by one of the foremost scholars of European history, this expanded edition includes a new preface from Brown, which presents new ideas based on subsequent scholarship.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter Brown is Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History emeritus at Princeton University. He is credited with having created the field of study known as late antiquity.

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Verlag
University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
022617526X
ISBN 13 
9780226175263
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Anzahl der Seiten
223
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