Bedazzled Saints

Winner of the Sixteenth Century Society Gerald Strauss Book Award Shortlisted for the Ecclesiastical History Society Book Award The defense of the cult of saints and relics was an essential element of the Catholic Counter-Reformation in Europe. Facing attacks from Protestant denominations of all kinds, the Roman church redoubled its efforts to promote the veneration of its holy figures and to house their earthly remains in dramatic style. Bedazzled Saints chronicles the transfer, distribution, a