medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I thought you might be interested in this curious example of building a shrine legend in real time... The time period is not medieval, but it does provide some interesting cultural parallels.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/chitribts/20050612/ts_chicagotrib/afghansseekcuresatshrineforalqaeda
Elena Ivanova
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