medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Also in Geary's first book:
Geary, Patrick J., 1948-
Furta sacra : thefts of relics in the central
Middle Ages / Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press, c1978.
Tom Izbicki
At 07:35 AM 9/25/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Marina Vidas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >When visiting the abbey at Fecamp, in Normandy, Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln,
>exacted booty by bitting off two small fragments of the bone of the arm of the
>most blessed lover of Christ, Mary Magdalen, the sister of Lazarus....After
>reverently examining and kissing the much venerated
>bone, he tried unsuccessfully to break it with his fingers, and then bit it,
>first with his incisors, and finally with his molars.
>
>this is a pretty kinky story.
>
> >I would still be interested in learning of any similar accounts.
>
>there may be something of interest to you in Patrick Geary's wonderful _Living
>with the dead in the Middle Ages_ (Cornell University Press, 1994).
>
>thanks for sharing, Marina.
>
>best from here,
>
>christopher
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