The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Contribution of Peter Brown by James Howard-Johnston
English | Mar 9, 2000 | ISBN: 0198269781 | 309 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Mar 9, 2000 | ISBN: 0198269781 | 309 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
This book of essays explores the characteristic traits and diverse functions of holy men and the fashioning of saints out of a small minority of holy men and other individuals of high social status with more dubious spiritual credentials. These themes are looked at across a wide range of social and cultural milieux. Peter Brown has transformed historians' ways of looking at early Christian saints and his work forms a constant point of reference throughout the book.