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Traite des reliques
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John Calvin's Traite des reliques, published in 1543, is a primary polemical text. Its strength is that it is hostile testimony from a contemporary who catalogued specific relics venerated across Europe, useful as a record of what was actually being claimed and displayed, including his famous argument that the surviving fragments of the True Cross alone would fill a ship. Its limit is that Calvin wrote it as a Protestant attack on the practice, not as neutral documentation, so its polemical purpose has to be weighed alongside its evidentiary content.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a primary polemical text by a contemporary who catalogued the objects it describes, hostile testimony rather than neutral documentation, weighed as such. NotesA polemical inventory of relics venerated in Europe, arguing that the surviving fragments of the True Cross alone would fill a ship. Hostile testimony, and useful as a record of what was claimed.
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AuthorJean Calvin
Publication Year1543
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Europe directly: "specific relics venerated across Europe, useful as a record of what was actually being claimed and displayed, including his famous argument that the surviving fragments of the True Cross alone would..."
This source names John Calvin directly: "John Calvin's Traite des reliques, published in 1543, is a primary polemical text."
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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7Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
General References
1Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
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