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A piece of Plymouth Rock. A lock of George Washington's hair. Wood from the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born. Various bits and pieces of the past-often called "association items"-may appear to be eccentric odds and ends, but they are valued because of their connections to prominent people and events in American history. Kept in museum collections large and small across the United States, such objects are the touchstones of our popular engagement with history. In Sacred Relics, Teresa Barnett explores the history of private collections of items like these, illuminating how Americans view the past. She traces the relic-collecting tradition back to eighteenth-century England, then on to articles belonging to the founding fathers and through the mass collecting of artifacts that followed the Civil War. Ultimately, Barnett shows how we can trace our own historical collecting from the nineteenth century's assemblages of the material possessions of great men and women.

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Saints' cults, with their focus on miraculous healings and pilgrimages, were not only a distinctive feature of Christian religion in fifth-and sixth-century Gaul but also a vital force in political and social life. Here Raymond Van Dam uses accounts of miracles performed by SS. Martin, Julian, and Hilary to provide a vivid and comprehensive depiction of some of the most influential saints' cults. Viewed within the context of ongoing tensions between paganism and Christianity and between Frankish kings and bishops, these cults tell much about the struggle for authority, the forming of communities, and the concept of sin and redemption in late Roman Gaul. Van Dam begins by describing the origins of the three cults, and discusses the career of Bishop Gregory of Tours, who benefited from the support of various patron saints and in turn promoted their cults. He then treats the political and religious dimensions of healing miracles--including their relation to Catholic theology and their use by bishops to challenge royal authority--and of pilgrimages to saints' shrines. The miracle stories, collected mainly by Gregory of Tours, appear in their first complete English translations.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Christian saints --- Saints chrétiens --- History --- Cult --- Culte --- Histoire --- Gaul --- Gaule --- Religious life and customs --- Vie religieuse --- History. --- 235.3*23 --- Hagiografie: miracula --- 235.3*23 Hagiografie: miracula --- Saints chrétiens --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Christian --- Christian shrines --- Pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Saints --- Canonization --- Cult&delete& --- Christian saints - Cult - France - History --- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - France - Tours - History --- Martinus ep. Turonensis --- Hilarius ep. Pictaviensis --- Iulianus ep. Cenomannensis --- Gregorius ep. Turonensis --- Aeneid. --- Alternative medicine. --- Amulet. --- Archdeacon. --- Ariamir. --- Arianism. --- Augustine of Hippo. --- Austrasia. --- Baptism of the Lord. --- Brioude. --- Burgundians. --- Burial. --- Caesarius. --- Catholicism. --- Chararic (Frankish king). --- Chlothar I. --- Chlothar II. --- Christianity. --- Church Fathers. --- Clergy. --- Confidant. --- Consecration. --- Deference. --- Desiderius. --- Dysentery. --- Easter. --- Eternal life (Christianity). --- Exorcism. --- Falernian wine. --- Folk healer. --- Fredegund. --- Generosity. --- Georgius. --- God. --- Great martyr. --- Gregorius. --- Gregory of Tours. --- Hagiography. --- Helladius. --- Heresy. --- His Family. --- Historian. --- Humility. --- Intercession. --- Jews. --- Late Antiquity. --- Lent. --- Leprosy. --- Literary criticism. --- Literature. --- Magnus Maximus. --- Marmoutier. --- Martin of Tours. --- Martyr. --- Matricula. --- Merovech. --- Merovingian dynasty. --- Monastery. --- Old Testament. --- Paganism. --- Palladius of Saintes. --- Patron saint. --- Paulinus of Nola. --- Penitential. --- Persecution. --- Peter and Paul. --- Piety. --- Poitiers. --- Pope Gregory I. --- Potion. --- Predestination. --- Procession. --- Putrefaction. --- Radegund. --- Relic. --- Reliquary. --- Remigius. --- Resurrection of the dead. --- Righteousness. --- Rite. --- Roman Gaul. --- Saint. --- School of Graduate Studies (SPS). --- Secularism. --- Self-healing. --- Silvester. --- Slavery. --- Spirituality. --- Suffragan bishop. --- Sulpicius Severus. --- Theodosius I. --- Theology. --- Tomb. --- Tours. --- True Cross. --- Veneration. --- Visigoths. --- Weidemann. --- Word of Faith. --- Writing.

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The description for this book, Local Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain, will be forthcoming.

Catholic Church. --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Spain --- Religious life and customs. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. --- 1580s. --- Agatha of Sicily. --- Alfonso X of Castile. --- Arte di Calimala. --- Augustinians. --- Baptistery. --- Calendar of saints. --- Canon law (Catholic Church). --- Canon law. --- Carmelites. --- Castile (historical region). --- Castilians. --- Catharism. --- Chaplain. --- Christ among the Doctors (Dürer). --- Cistercians. --- Clergy. --- Consecration. --- Council of Constance. --- Council of Trent. --- Counter-Reformation. --- Devotio Moderna. --- Diocese. --- Discalced Carmelites. --- Doctor of the Church. --- Dominican Order. --- Donatello. --- Drapery. --- Ecclesiastical jurisdiction. --- Folk religion. --- Franciscans. --- Friar. --- Galicia (Spain). --- Geography of Spain. --- Hieronymites. --- Holy Week procession. --- Holy Week. --- Indulgence. --- Justification (theology). --- Kingdom of Toledo. --- Lazarillo de Tormes. --- Luca della Robbia. --- Marian Days. --- Marian apparition. --- Marian devotions. --- Marian feast days. --- Mary Magdalene. --- Medieval Inquisition. --- Missionary. --- Monastery. --- Monasticism. --- Moors. --- Morisco. --- New Castile (Spain). --- On Religion. --- Order of Calatrava. --- Order of Santiago. --- Paganism. --- Parish church. --- Patron saint. --- Procession. --- Processional cross. --- Protestant Reformers. --- Protestantism. --- Province of Toledo. --- Purgatory. --- Puritans. --- Quatrefoil. --- Real Academia de la Historia. --- Relic. --- Religion in Spain. --- Religion. --- Religiosity. --- Religious order. --- Reliquary. --- Retablo. --- Roman Martyrology. --- Sacraments of the Catholic Church. --- Sacrifice of Isaac (Caravaggio). --- Saint Anne. --- Saint Dominic. --- Saint Lucy. --- Saint Roch. --- Saint Sebastian. --- Saint Stephen. --- Saint Ursula. --- Santa Hermandad. --- Santería. --- Second Council of Nicaea. --- Shrine. --- Society of Jesus. --- Sortes Sanctorum. --- Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. --- Tagus. --- Teresa of Ávila. --- Theology. --- Tithe. --- Villanueva de la Jara. --- Votive offering. --- Vow.