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Holy Pieces: Attitudes Toward Parts and Wholes in Late Medieval Devotion

Published: April 8, 2009, 12:06 p.m.

Professor of European Medieval History Caroline Walker Bynum discusses the importance of relics, particularly holy body parts, in medieval Christianity. (February 25, 2009)