Medieval Christianity in Practice
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Medieval Christianity in Practice

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Medieval Christianity in Practice

About this book

Medieval Christianity in Practice provides readers with a sweeping look at the religious practices of the European Middle Ages. Comprising forty-two selections from primary source materials--each translated with an introduction and commentary by a specialist in the field--the collection illustrates the religious cycles, rituals, and experiences that gave meaning to medieval Christian individuals and communities.

This volume of Princeton Readings in Religions assembles sources reflecting different genres, regions, and styles, including prayer books, chronicles, diaries, liturgical books, sermons, hagiography, and handbooks for the laity and clergy. The texts represent the practices through which Christians conducted their individual, family, and community lives, and explores such life-cycle events as birth, confirmation, marriage, sickness, death, and burial. The texts also document religious practices related to themes of work, parish life, and devotions, as well as power and authority. Enriched by expert analysis and suggestions for further reading, Medieval Christianity in Practice gives students and general readers alike the necessary background and foundations for an appreciation of the creativity and multiplicity of medieval Christian religious culture.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Princeton Readings in Religions
  5. Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Introduction â‹… Miri Rubin
  8. The Life Cycle: Baptism
  9. The Life Cycle: Confirmation and Coming of Age
  10. The Life Cycle: Instruction
  11. The Life Cycle: Marriage and Its Unmaking
  12. The Life Cycle: Death and Burial
  13. Work and Travel
  14. Churches, Parishes, and Daily Life: Consecration
  15. Churches, Parishes, and Daily Life: Pastoral Care
  16. Churches, Parishes, and Daily Life: Preaching
  17. Churches, Parishes, and Daily Life: Confession and Penance
  18. Churches, Parishes, and Daily Life: Prayer
  19. Churches, Parishes, and Daily Life: Devotional Behavior
  20. Healing
  21. Charity
  22. The Cult of Saints and Pilgrimage
  23. In Pursuit of Perfection: In the World
  24. In Pursuit of Perfection: Prophecy, Revelation, and Ecstatic States
  25. In Pursuit of Perfection: At the Edge of the World
  26. Rituals of Power
  27. Index