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Medieval and Early Modern Devotional Objects in Global Perspective

Translations of the Sacred

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  • © 2010

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Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Keywords

  • Buddhism
  • early modern period
  • England
  • novel
  • reformation
  • religion
  • Spain

About this book

The essays create an interdisciplinary conversation about the nature and function of sacred and devotional objects across the globe during the medieval and Early Modern period. Topics include the veneration of relics of the Buddha, the cult of the saints in medieval and early modern Ireland, medieval surveys of pagan and Christian Rome.

About the authors

ELIZABETH ROBERTSON is Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.   JENNIFER JAHNER is a Doctoral Candidate in Medieval English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Medieval and Early Modern Devotional Objects in Global Perspective

  • Book Subtitle: Translations of the Sacred

  • Editors: E. Robertson

  • Series Title: The New Middle Ages

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61604-2Published: 26 November 2010

  • Series ISSN: 2945-5936

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-5944

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 259

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