Laura Varnam

The church as sacred space in Middle English literature and culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book places us at the heart of medieval religious life, standing inside the church with the medieval laity in order to ask what it meant to them and why. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical and interdisciplinary approaches, it examines the interplay of vernacular literature, ritual and material culture at the centre of parish life. -- .

Produktdetails

• Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9781526143563
• ISBN-10: 1526143569
• Artikelnr.: 56232812

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: reading sacred space in late medieval England 1 The church
consecration ceremony and the construction of sacred space 2 The Book of
the Foundation of St Bartholomew's Church: consecration, restoration, and
translation 3 Sacred and profane: pastoral care in the parish church 4 What
the church betokeneth: placing the people at the heart of sacred space 5
Epilogue Index