LA QUERELLE DES RELIQUES AU TEMPS DE LA RENAISSANCE ET DE LA RÉFORME.

The article examines the history of religious practices in Europe during the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the religious Reformation from the early 1500s to about 1570. Particular attention is paid to religious relics in Christianity and the Catholic Church. The author argues that relics were part of a larger system of beliefs and religious practices such as pilgrimage, miracles and indulgences, which were also important to the religious lives of believers.