The Holy Blood
Subtitle: King Henry III and the Westminster Blood Relic
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780521571289
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; The historical Jesus; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Henry; Church history; Relics; History; Religion - Theology; III,; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Christian Theology - Christology; Europe - General; History / Europe / General; Jesus Christ--Relics--History of doctrines; Christianity - Theology - Christology; King of England,; 1066-1485; 1207-1272; England; History of doctrines; Jesus Christ
First sentence: In his Chronica majora, Matthew Paris supplies us with an eye-witness account of a ceremony conducted by King Henry III at Westminster on Sunday, 13 October 1247, the feast of the translation of the relics of St Edward the Confessor.