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The cult of relics in early Medieval Ireland /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wycherley, Niamh (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2015]
Series:Studies in the early Middle Ages ; v. 43.
Subjects:
Relics > Ireland > History > To 1500.
Christian shrines > Ireland > History > To 1500.
Christian shrines.
Relics.
Ireland.
To 1500
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Relics and the late antique world
  • Origins and early cult in Ireland
  • Translatio
  • Leachta, sepulcri, and the role of relics in Church consecration
  • The formal use of relics in early Ireland
  • Relics and identity : power and control in early medieval Ireland
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix : terminology of the cult of relics in early medieval Ireland
  • Bibliography
  • Index.