Title: Relics, apocalypse, and the deceits of history
First published: 1995
Description: This unusual biographical work traces the life and career of Ademar of Chabannes, a monk, historian, liturgist, and hagiographer who lived at the turn of the first Christian millenium.

Thanks to the unique collection of over one thousand folios of autograph manuscript that Ademar left behind, Richard Landes has been able to reconstruct in great detail the development of Ademar's career and the events of his day, and to suggest several major revisions in the general picture held by current medieval historiography.
Subjects: Benedictines, Biography, Church history, Cult, Forgeries, Forgery of manuscripts, History, Monastic and religious life, Martial of limoges, saint, Literary forgeries and mystifications, France, church history, France, biography
Places: France, Limousin, Limousin (France)
People: Adémar de Chabannes (988-1034), Martial Saint, Bishop of Limoges (3rd cent)
Time periods: Middle Ages, 600-1500
LC classification: BX4705.A2544 L36 1995