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Belief and Unbelief in Medieval Europe

By John H. Arnold

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2005
ISBN
0340807865, 9780340807866
LCC
BR270 .A76 2005
Google Books ID
uflfQgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL22628582M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19104831 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
238\238
Topic
History
Library
archive.org
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-12-22 11:43:24

Description

Historians have no record of what the people who lived in medieval Europe between 1100-1500 did or did not believe regarding their Christian faith. This penetrating study sifts through the traces of evidence left across Europe to assemble a more complete picture. While religion in medieval Europe was a central part of people's lives and affected even the most mundane aspects of everyday existance, the period was far from uniform as the "Age of Faith". By focusing on lay people, this comprehensive analysis unlocks the multiple meanings of religion, asking how it functioned and what effect it had on the population, revealing the meanings and struggles that lay behind the misleading, commonly held myth of ubiquitous religious life in medieval Europe.

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