The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity: 1050-1500

ISBN-13: 9780367867379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 344 str.

R. N. Swanson

Opis

A definitive and authoritative survey of the Western church from 1050 to the early Reformation, featuring entirely original content carefully assembled and expertly written to appeal to undergraduates and scholars working on the medieval European world.

Spis treści

Preface List of illustrations Introduction The Starting Point. Part 1: Structures Introduction 1. Brett Edward Whalen The Papacy 2. R.N. Swanson Bishoprics and Parishes 3. R.N. Swanson Manning the Church: Priests and Bishops 4. James D. Mixson Religious Life and Religious Orders Part 2: Forming the Mindset Introduction 5. Ian Christopher Levy The Study of Theology in the Middle Ages 6. Peter D. Clarke Canon Law 7. Cary J. Nederman Social and Political Thought 8. Andrew Reeves Education and Religious Instruction Part 3: Catholicism in Practice Introduction 9. Nicolas Bell Liturgy 10. D. Bornstein Administering the Sacraments 11 Thomas M. Izbicki Sin and Pastoral Care 12 Simon Yarrow Pilgrimage 13 Robert W. Shaffern Death and the Afterlife in the Middle Ages 14 Chistopher Tyerman Violence and Holy War in Western Christendom15 Alixe Bovey ‘From Material to Immaterial Things’: Gothic Art and Immaterial Culture 16 Alexandra Gajewski Building Christendom: Patrons, Architects and Centres of Innovation in Medieval Europe Part 4: Challenges Introduction 17 Jonathan Elukin Christianity and Judaism; Christians and Jews18 Peter Biller Heresy and Dissent 19. Catherine Rider Magic and Superstition Part 5: Shaping a Catholic Society Introduction 20. R.H. Helmholz Jurisdiction and Discipline 21. A.T. Brown Economic Life 22. Kim M. Phillips Gender and Sexuality 23. Alexandra Barratt Literature Afterword Index

O autorze

R.N. SWANSON is Professor of Medieval Ecclesiastical History at the University of Birmingham. His previous publications include Church and Society in Late Medieval England (1989); Religion and Devotion in Europe, c.1215-c.1515 (1995); The Twelfth Century Renaissance (1999); and Indulgences in Late Medieval England: Passports to Paradise? (2007).