Indulgences After Luther: Pardons in Counter-Reformation France, 1520-1720

ISBN-13: 9781848935020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 256 str.

Elizabeth C. Tingle

Opis

Indulgences have been synonymous with corruption in the Catholic Church ever since Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the church door in Wittenberg in 1517. Tingle explores the nature and evolution of indulgences in the Counter Reformation and how they were used as a powerful tool of personal and institutional reform.

Spis treści

Introduction – Indulgences After Luther: Pardons in Counterreformation France; Chapter 1 Indulgences Debated: The Reformation of Pardons, 1517–1720; Chapter 2 The Production and Consumption of Pardons: The Creation, Dissemination and Reception of Indulgences; Chapter 3 Sites of Salvation: Acquiring Pardons at Home and Away; Chapter 4 Indulgences and Individual Strategies for Salvation; Chapter 5 Places, Objects and Salvation: The Materiality of Pardons; concl Conclusion;

O autorze

Elizabeth C. Tingle