The Medieval Black Market for Christian Relics

Relics were very hot items during the Middle Ages, so much so that they spawned a very profitable (and highly questionable) trade that spanned from England to the Holy Lands... and that's what we'll explore in this episode of SideQuest.

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Further Reading:

“Furta Sacra” by Patrick Geary - https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
“The Medieval Pilgrimage Business” by Adrian Bell and Richard Dale - https://blog.oup.com/2011/12/pilgrimage/
“The Unmaking of a Saint: Thomas Becket and the English Reformation” by Robert E. Scully - https://www.jstor.org/stable/25025818