An edition of Relics and remains
(2010)
Relics and remains
by Alexandra Walsham
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Kultgegenstand, Kollektives Geda chtnis, Reliquaries, Reliquienkult, Christian saints, Reliquie, Saints, Congresses, Relics, Cult, History, Kollektives GedächtnisPlaces
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Table of Contents
Introduction : Relics and remains / Alexandra Walsham
Divine of body : the remains of Egyptian kings - preservation, reverence, and memory in a world without relics / Robert Morkot
Relics and remains in an ancient Greek world full of anthropomorphic gods / Robin Osborne
Rulers and relics c.750-c.950 : treasure on earth, treasure in heaven / Julia M. H. Smith
Relics of piety and power in medieval Islam / Josef W. Meri
Skeletons in the cupboard : relics after the English Reformation / Alexandra Walsham
Grapho-relics : Lutheranism and the materialization of the word / Ulinka Rublack
Tongues, toes, and bones : remembering saints in early modern Bohemia / Howard Louthan
'The devil was in that little bone' : the Portuguese capture and destruction of the Buddha's tooth-relic, Goa, 1516 / John S. Strong
That strange business of memory : relic forgery in Latin America / Paul Gillingham
The several legs of Santa Anna : a saga of secular relics / Alan Knight
Mao's travelling mangoes : food as relic in revolutionary China / Adam Yuet Chau
What remains? Anti-communism, forensic archaeology, and the retelling of the national past in Lithuania and Romania / James Mark
The search for the remains of Dedan Kimathi : the politics of death and memoralization in post-colonial Kenya / Daniel Branch
Testimonies as sacred texts : the sanctification of holocaust writing / Zoe Waxman.
Edition Notes
"This collection of essays arose out of a conference held at the University of Exeter in September 2008"--P. [8], acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in print and online via Oxford Journals.
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