Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index

Record Number: 13261
Author(s)/Creator(s): Carr , Annemarie Weyl.
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Title: Threads of Authority: The Virgin's Veil in the Middle Ages [because Mary was believed to have been assumed into Heaven, there were only secondary relics of her; mostly these were items of clothing; beginning in Constantinople, these relics were associated with the protection of cities and rulers; similar uses of Marian relics and images for the protection of rulers can be found in the West at least as early as the time of Charlemagne].
Source: Robes and Honor: The Medieval World of Investiture. Edited by Stewart Gordon. Palgrave, 2001. Pages 59 - 93.
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Article Type: Essay
Subject (See Also): Æchen, Nordrhein- Westfalen, Germany- Marian Relics Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France- Cathedral- Marian Relics Constantinople/Istanbul- Relics- Mapharion of Mary, a Garment Covering the H
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Year of Publication: 2001.
Language: English
ISSN/ISBN: 0312212305