Communities of Saint Martin Legend and Ritual in Medieval Tours
Sharon Farmer here investigates the ways in which three medieval communities-the town of Tours, the basilica of Saint-Martin there, and the abbey of Marmoutier nearby-all defined themselves through the cult of Saint Martin. She demonstrates how in the early Middle Ages the bishops of Tours used the...
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Language: | English |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
1991
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