Ad sanctitatem mortuorum: tomb raiders, body snatchers and relic hunters in late antiquity.
In late antiquity there emerged new laws that sought to protect the dead through the prevention and punishment of crimes that contravened the sanctity of the body and its resting place, including the profanation of cadavers, tomb violation, and grave-robbery. On a more personal level, individuals us...
| Publicado en: | Early Medieval Europe Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 249 - 280 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2014
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