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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture David Warner's (1989?) UCLA dissertation on the cult of St. Maurice would also provide a thorough treatment of the lance. Bruce Brasington Quoting Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >I think that the spear that's in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna > is > the spear of St. Mauritius, given to an early Ottonian by the king of > Burgundy and part of the German imperial regalia. Just confusingly > called the "Holy Lance." > > p'raps. > > fellow named Ravenscroft wrote a funky book [_The Holy Lance_?] a couple > of > decades ago, dwelling on Hitler's apparent "confusion" re this object. > as i > recall there was just (barely) enough there of substance to be > interest. > > i *believe* that there was a serious article on the relic in the Art > Bulletin > in the 60s or 70s (??). > > c > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html