Contesting Christendom

Readings in Medieval Religion and Culture
Herausgeber: Halverson, James L.

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Produktbeschreibung

This reader fills a gap in classroom offerings by exploring historians' ongoing attempt to understand the social and cultural aspects of medieval Christianity. James L. Halverson organizes his selections around two central questions: what do we mean when we say that medieval Europe was a Christian culture, and what did it mean to be a Christian in the Middle Ages? He argues that the diversity of medieval society over time and space defies the simple answers given in textbooks and that students of medieval religion must have more exposure to issues such as class, gender, and literacy. This carefully selected and provocative collection of key works in the field will provide an invaluable introduction to the medieval world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780742554726
• ISBN-10: 0742554724
• Artikelnr.: 22762211

Autorenporträt

James L. Halverson is professor of history and chair of social sciences at Judson College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The Extent of Christianization in the Early Middle
Ages Chapter 1: Some Historical Reidentification and the Christianization
of Kent Chapter 2: Background to Augustine's Mission to Anglo-Saxon England
Chapter 3: The Barbarian Conversion from Paganism to Christianity Chapter
4: Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context Chapter 5:
Forgetful of Their Sex: Female Sanctity and Society, ca. 500-1100 Chapter
6: The Rise of Western Christendom Part II: The Development of Christendom
Chapter 7: The Knight, the Lady, and the Priest: The Making of Modern
Marriage in Medieval France Chapter 8: Knightly Piety and the Lay Response
to the First Crusade Chapter 9: Sword, Mitre, and Cloister: Nobility and
the Church in Burgundy Chapter 10: Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in
the Middle Ages Chapter 11: To the Glory of Her Sex Part III: The Apostolic
Life Chapter 12: Religious Movements in the Middle Ages Chapter 13:
Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe Chapter 14:
Holy Anorexia Chapter 15: Women Mystics and Eucharistic Devotion in the
Thirteenth Century Chapter 16: The Devil's World: Heresy and Society,
1100-1300 Part IV: Popular Religion in the Late Middle Ages Chapter 17:
Religious Life in Germany on the Eve of the Reformation Chapter 18: The
Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, ca. 1400-1580
Chapter 19: Religion and the Decline of Magic Chapter 20: Women in the Late
Medieval English Parish Chapter 21: The Magnificent Ride: The First
Reformation in Hussite Bohemia