Religion

ISBN: 9780719084256
Published by : Manchester University Press
Exempla are illustrative stories used by preachers to seize the attention of their congregations and to drive home a moral lesson. This book presents annotated translations from two collections of exempla, one Franciscan and one Dominican, put ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780826423931
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
Andrew Jotischky here presents a "culinary history of monasticism", exploring monastic attitudes to food and fasting, as well as asking what monks actually ate in practice. He traces the monastic diet from the extreme asceticism of the early de... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409422280
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Sixteen essays presenting the latest research on medieval architecture. Several present dramatic reinterpretations of canonical monuments including the Abbey of Saint-Denis, Beauvais Cathedral and Notre-Dame in Paris. Others consider broader m... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903153369
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This volume takes a holistic approach to the study of anti-heretical writing, considering the full range of orthodox treatments of heresy. Drawn from the mid-thirteenth century, a time when both medieval heresy and the church's response to it ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843836575
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The papers of the nineteenth-century Surveyors of the Fabric are an essential resource for anyone interested in the building and contents of Westminster Abbey. The Surveyors, Edward Blore, George Gilbert Scott and his son J .O. Scott, J. L. Pea... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521853439
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The widespread view that 'mystical' activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to isolation of the medieval 'mystics' into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521618649
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The widespread view that 'mystical' activity in the Middle Ages was a rarefied enterprise of a privileged spiritual elite has led to isolation of the medieval 'mystics' into a separate, narrowly defined category. Taking the opposite view, this ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714128221
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
And so we afterwards took up his bones which are more valuable than precious stones and finer than refined gold ...This title presents an account of the martyrdom of Polycarp, c. AD 156. From the earliest period of Christian worship striking co... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199592364
Published by : Oxford University Press
Central medieval England saw a dramatic rise in the numbers and social influence of hermits and anchorites, those who ostensibly placed themselves outside of society for a life of prayer in the service of God. Tom Licence explores the factors b... .... Learn More