Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
Contents
Contexts. Constantinople's relics, 1204-1261 -- Pope Innocent III and sacrilege, 1204-1215 -- Texts. The translatio narratives of the Fourth Crusade -- Interpretations -- Outcomes. Translatio and Venice before and after 1204 -- Translatio and the myth of Venice.
Summary
"Explores the emergence of a body of texts about relics transported from Constantinople to the West as a after the Fourth Crusade, and the role of these texts in the development of Venice's civic identity in the thirteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
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