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Hagiography and the Cult of Saints: The Diocese of Orleans, 800-1200

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This is a study of the place of patron saints in Frankish society during the Carolingian and early Capetian periods. The book focuses on the composition of works in praise of dead holy people - hagiography - and the veneration of their physical remains - the cult of saints. It examines the patrons of a single diocese, Orl???ans, because a saint's power of patronage was defined in terms of a particular locale. Beyond the documentation of this region's textual and institutional traditions, the book explores the uses made of ...

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Hagiography and the Cult of Saints: The Diocese of Orléans, 800-1200 2005, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521023429

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Hagiography and the Cult of Saints: The Diocese of Orléans, 800-1200 1990, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521365000

Hardcover