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Christianity in Western Europe c. 1100-c. 1500 [electronic resource] / edited by Miri Rubin and Walter Simons.

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Looks at the complex and varied Christian cultures developed in Europe during the early middle ages and how from about 1100 secular rulers, competing factions and inspired individuals continued to engender a diverse and ever-changing mix within Christian society. Explores the wide range of instituti...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge Core)
Other Authors: Rubin, Miri, 1956-, Simons, Walter, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Cambridge history of Christianity ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Church history > Middle Ages.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Institutions and change, 1100-1200
  • 1. Clerical purity and the re-ordered world / Henrietta Leyser
  • 2. The bishops of Rome, 1100-1300 / Anthony Perron
  • 3. Religious poverty and the search for perfection / Beverly Mayne Kienzle
  • 4. Monastic and religious orders, c. 1100-c. 1350 / Brian Patrick McGuire
  • pt. II. Forging a Christian world, 1200-1300
  • 5. The theological framework / Lesley Smith
  • 6. The legal underpinnings / Anders Winroth
  • 7. Material support I : parishes / Brigitte Resl
  • 8. Material support II : religious orders / Janet Burton
  • 9. The Word and its diffusion / KIatherine Jansen
  • pt. III. The erection of boundaries
  • 10. Christians and Jews / Ora Limor
  • 11. Christendom and Islam / David Nirenberg
  • 12. Christians and heretics / Peter Biller
  • 13. Women and men / Megan McLaughlin
  • 14. Heaven, hell and purgatory, 1100-1500 / Alan E. Bernstein
  • pt. IV. Shapes of a Christian world
  • 15. Sacramental life / Miri Rubin
  • 16. Religious soundscapes : liturgy and music / Susan Boynton
  • 17. Images and their uses / Sara Lipton
  • 18. Mary / Rachel Fulton
  • 19. Mysticism and transcendence / Amy Hollywood
  • pt. V. Christian life in movement
  • 20. On the margins of religious life : hermits and recluses, penitents and tertiaries, beguines and beghards / Walter Simons
  • 21. Saints and pilgrimages : new and old / AndrĂ© Vauchez
  • 22. Crusade and conquest / Marcus Bull
  • pt. VI. The challenges to a Christian society
  • 23. Repression and power / John H. Arnold
  • 24. Faith and the intellectuals I / Joseph Ziegler
  • 25. Faith and the intellectuals II / Michael Stolz
  • pt. VII. Reform and renewal
  • 26. Empowerment through reading, writing and example : the Devotio moderna / Koen Goudriaan
  • 27. Demons and the Christian community / Alain Boureau
  • 28. Wycliffism and Lollardy / Kantik Ghosh
  • 29. Observant reform in religious orders / Bert Roest
  • 30. Public purity and discipline : states and religious renewal / Roberto Rusconi
  • 31. The Bible in the fifteenth century / Christopher Ocker.

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