The Cult of Arthurian Relics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8933014 |
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| Authors | E M R DITMAS (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-33 |
| Publication date | 1964-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1964.9716942 |
| OpenAlex | W2078357275 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
READING Dr W. Bonser's interesting article on 'The Cult of Relics in the Middle Ages' (Folklore, Vol. 73, Winter 1962, pp. 234-56) prompted me to consider the somewhat analogous cult of Arthurian 'relics' which flourished between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries. There is, of course, a distinction between these and the Christian relics of saints. Christian relics were collected and enshrined because it was believed that some portion of the saint's power, both to heal and to intercede for the faithful, could cling to any fragment of his physical body or to any object that had been in close association with him. The fact that this faith was later exploited for monetary purposes and that it often degenerated into extraordinary depths of credulity does not alter its basic character. Arthurian relics could never have been venerated in this sense
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Character (mathematics · Cult · Faith · Folklore · Literature · Middle Ages · Object (grammar · Reading (process · SAINT · Theology · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |