Holy Treasure And Sacred Song: Relic Cults And Their Liturgies In Medieval Tuscany

This title explores the complex interplay between relic cults and the liturgy in medieval Tuscany. Drawing on documentary, literary and visual evidence rarely considered together, it reveals that liturgical texts, music, and ritual were integral to the clergy's well-informed promotion of saints buried in their churches.--Publisher description.

• | Author: Benjamin David Brand
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 09, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 322 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 019935135X
• | ISBN-13: 9780199351350