Mobile Saints examines the central medieval ca. 950-1150 CE practice of removing saints relics from rural monasteries in order to take them on out-and-back journeys particularly within northern France and the Low Countries. Mobile Saints examines the central med... Lees meer.

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The defense of the cult of saints and relics was an essential element of the Catholic Counter-Reformation in Europe. Facing attacks from Protestant denominations of all kinds the Roman church redoubled its efforts to promote the veneration of its holy figures and to ho... Lees meer.