XXIV, 342 S.,
zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.,
25 cm
Bemerkung(en):
Literaturverz. S. [313] - 326
Relics, shrines, and pilgrimage -- Graves, shrines and crypts : the physical setting of saints' cults on the continent -- 'But lo! There breaks a yet more glorious day' : saints' cults in early Anglo-Saxon England -- English saints and the 'new Englishmen' : Anglo-Saxon shrines and relics after the Norman Conquest -- Into the twelfth century : from tomb to shrine -- 'Giving light to the whole house' : the new enthusiasm for saints' cults in the later twelfth century -- The legacy of Thomas Becket : the thirteenth century -- The final flowering : saints' cults in the later middle ages -- The fate of shrines at the Reformation -- Epilogue: English shrines today.
