“Equal Rites”: Fragmenting and Healing Bodies in the Early Modern Bay of Kotor
The aim of this paper is to examine the exchange of practices that developed when treating the bodies of ordinary laymen and those of saints. Body parts that had been obtained in unorthodox ways were used in private households in a manner strongly resembling the official methods of relic veneration....
Main Author: | Milena Ulčar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-11-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/11/606 |
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