The architectural setting of the cult of saints in the early Christian West, c.300-1200 / John Crook.

Main entry:

Crook, John, 1946-

Title & Author:

The architectural setting of the cult of saints in the early Christian West, c.300-1200 / John Crook.

Publication:

Description:

xxv, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-298) and index.
I. Aspects of Relic Cults -- II. The Physical Setting of Relic Cults up to c.750 -- III. The Physical Setting of Relic Cults: Rome and the Architecture of the Carolingian Renaissance -- IV. Architecture and the Cult of Saints, from the Ninth to the Early Eleventh Century -- V. Relic Cults in Normandy and England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries -- VI. Relic Cults in England in the Twelfth Century -- VII. The Development of Shrines.

Summary:

"This book explores the way in which church architecture from the earliest centuries of Christianity has been shaped by holy bones - the physical remains or 'relics' of those whom the Church venerated as saints."--Jacket.

Resources:
c2000.
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Book review (H-Net)
Publisher description

ISBN:

0198207948 (hb)
9780198207948 (hb)
9780191543005
0191543004

Subject:

Church architecture Europe.
Architecture, Medieval.
Christian saints Cult Europe History.
Religious architecture Europe.
Architecture religieuse Europe.
Architecture médiévale.
Saints chrétiens Culte Europe Histoire.
Architecture chrétienne Europe.
Religious architecture
Christian saints Cult
Church architecture
Heiligenverering.
Heiligdommen.
Architecture, Medieval Europe.
Christian saints Cult Europe.
Christian antiquities Europe.
Saints chrétiens Culte Europe de l'Ouest.
Architecture médiévale Europe.
Architecture religieuse Europe Moyen âge.
Saints Culte Europe Moyen âge.
Europe

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Oxford historical monographs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 211156
Call No.: NA5453 .C7 2000
Status: Available

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