| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 332 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The history and theology of Christian blessing -- Sacred places and sacred space -- Sacred persons : blessing the laity -- Sacred vessels, objects, and events |
| Summary |
"In this book, Derek A. Rivard studies liturgical blessing and its role in the religious life of Christians during the central and later Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the blessings of the Franco-Roman liturgical tradition from the tenth to late thirteenth centuries. Through a careful and extensive study of more than ninety such blessings, many of them translated for the first time and accessible to a readership beyond specialists in medieval liturgy, the author argues that medieval blessings were composed as a direct response to the needs, anxieties, beliefs, and fears of the laity, and therefore these texts represent a rich and largely untapped source for the study of lay piety and of ritual in medieval Europe."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Benediction
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Liturgics -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Piety -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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11.52 medieval Christianity.
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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RELIGION -- Christian Rituals & Practice -- Worship & Liturgy.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Benediction
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Segen
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Frömmigkeit
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Liturgie
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Volksfrömmigkeit
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Zegeningen.
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Liturgie.
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Volksgeloof.
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Vroomheid.
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Heiliging.
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Europa (geografie)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008026818 |
| ISBN |
9780813218281 |
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0813218284 |
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