Public religious practice lay at the heart of civic society in late medieval Europe. In this illuminating study, Andrew Brown draws on the rich and previously little-researched archives of Bruges, one of medieval Europe's wealthiest and most important towns, to explore the role of religion and ceremony in urban society. The author situates the religious practices of citizens their investment in the liturgy, commemorative services, guilds and charity within the contexts of Bruges' highly diversified society and of the changes and crises the town experienced. Focusing on the religious...