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Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages

By André Vauchez

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1997
ISBN
9780521445597, 0521445590
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
27 MB (28062123 bytes)
Pages
355\356
Topic
History
Time added
2022-09-16 22:30:51

Description

This is a standard work of reference for the study of the religious history of western Christianity in the later middle ages which, since its original publication in French in 1981, has come to be regarded as one of the great contributions to medieval studies of recent times. Hagiographical texts and reports of the processes of canonisation - a mode of investigation into saints' lives and their miracles implemented by the popes from the end of the twelfth century - are here used for the first time as major source materials. The book illuminates the main features of the medieval religious mind, and highlights the popes' attempts to gain firmer control over the wide variety of expressions of faith towards the saints in order to promote a higher pattern of devotion and moral behaviour among Christians.

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