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Title Christianity in Western Europe c. 1100-c. 1500 / edited by Miri Rubin and Walter Simons
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 577 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The Cambridge history of Christianity ; v. 4
Cambridge history of Christianity ; v. 4.
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 / André 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
Summary 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 institutions, practices and experiences associated with the life of European Christians in the later middle ages. Shows how the clergy of this period initiated new approaches to the role of priests, bishops and popes, and developed an ambitious project to instruct the laity. Looks at the religious life of lay people where the practices of parish religion were central, but many sought additional ways to enrich their lives as Christians. Examines how impulses towards reform and renewal periodically swept across Europe, led by charismatic preachers and supported by secular rulers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-556) and index
Notes English
Subject Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Church history -- Middle Ages
Form Electronic book
Author Rubin, Miri, 1956-
Simons, Walter, 1956-
ISBN 9781139056021
1139056026
9780511756672
0511756674
9781139056021