Hardback, 336 p., + 38 ill., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503508443. Depuis le Moyen Age, les reliques ont joue un role fondamental dans la vie religieuse, mais aussi economique et politique des societes chretiennes tant occidentales qu'orientales. Pour autant, ce theme est reste jusqu'ici relativement neglige par l'historiographie. Le colloque qui a donne naissance a ce livre constitue une tentative originale pour interpreter le culte et la signification des reliques dans une approche d'anthropologie historique. Rassemblant dix-huit specialistes internationaux de disciplines differentes, alliant histoire et histoire de l'art, l'ouvrage aborde la signification des reliques au fil des siecles sous plusieurs aspects complementaires: les reliques representent un trait commun du christianisme, une affaire de foi, des objets de culte et un enjeu de pouvoir. Ce livre met ainsi en relief un phenomene essentiel de l'histoire des societes chretiennes: comment des objets materiels cristallisent et mobilisent les aspirations spirituelles d'hommes et de femmes de toutes epoques et de toutes conditions, mais egalement leurs ambitions politiques et leurs preoccupations quotidiennes. Les auteurs Edina Bozoky, maitre de conferences a l'Universite de Poitiers, est l'auteur de publications sur les croyances religieuses et la litterature medievale; ses recherches actuelles portent sur les aspects symboliques et politiques de la possession de reliques. Anne-Marie Helvetius, maitre de conferences a l'Universite du Littoral-Cote d'Opale, est l'auteur de publications sur le culte des saints et les anciennes abbayes de la Gaule du Nord; ses recherches actuelles portent sur l'hagiographie comme reflet de la societe medievale. Language : French. 0 g.

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Title: reliques. Objets, cultes, symboles, Actes du colloque international de l'Universite du Littoral-Cote d'Opale (Boulogne-sur-Mer), 4-6 septembre 1997,
Publisher: Turnhout Brepols 1999
Binding: Hardcover

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