Faith In The Medieval World

Author : Gillian Rosemary Evans
Publisher : IVP Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Church history
ISBN : 0830823530

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Faith in the Medieval World by Gillian Rosemary Evans Pdf

Faith in the Medieval Worldpaints a fascinating picture of a turbulent stage of western religious history, as a companion toFaith in the Byzantine World.G. R. Evans begins by giving a lucid overview of the development of Christianity in the West in the Middle Ages, before looking at key aspects of medieval faith: the Bible and belief, popular piety and devotion, the Crusades and the concept of "holy war," politics and the church, rebellion against authority, and finally the road to Reformation.The gorgeous full-color illustrations from medieval art and the accessible writing make this attractive pocket-size volume the perfect introduction to the medieval world. Covering the lives of key figures--from pontiffs like Gregory the Great to laypeople like John Wyclif--this book is a must for all those who want to experience one of the most famous and enthralling periods of human history.

Author : Chris R. Armstrong
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493401970

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Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians by Chris R. Armstrong Pdf

Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corruption and decay in the church. They seem to assume that the church apostatized from true Christianity after it gained cultural influence in the time of Constantine, and the faith was only later recovered by the sixteenth-century Reformers or even the eighteenth-century revivalists. As a result, the riches and wisdom of the medieval period have remained largely inaccessible to modern Protestants. Church historian Chris Armstrong helps readers see beyond modern caricatures of the medieval church to the animating Christian spirit of that age. He believes today's church could learn a number of lessons from medieval faith, such as how the gospel speaks to ordinary, embodied human life in this world. Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians explores key ideas, figures, and movements from the Middle Ages in conversation with C. S. Lewis and other thinkers, helping contemporary Christians discover authentic faith and renewal in a forgotten age.

Author : Valerie L. Garver,Owen M. Phelan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317061243

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Rome and Religion in the Medieval World by Valerie L. Garver,Owen M. Phelan Pdf

Rome and Religion in the Medieval World provides a panoramic and interdisciplinary exploration of Rome and religious culture. The studies build upon or engage Thomas F.X. Noble’s interest in Rome, especially his landmark contributions to the origins of the Papal States and early medieval image controversies. Scholars from a variety of disciplines offer new viewpoints on key issues and questions relating to medieval religious, cultural and intellectual history. Each study explores different dimensions of Rome and religion, including medieval art, theology, material culture, politics, education, law, and religious practice. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, including manuscripts, relics, historical and normative texts, theological tracts, and poetry, the authors illuminate the complexities of medieval Christianity, especially as practiced in the city of Rome itself, and elsewhere in Europe when influenced by the idea of Rome. Some trace early medieval legacies to the early modern period when Protestant and Catholic theologians used early medieval religious texts to define and debate forms of Roman Christianity. The essays highlight and deepen scholarly appreciation of Rome in the rich and varied religious culture of the medieval world.

Author : Darrel W. Amundsen
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0801863546

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Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds by Darrel W. Amundsen Pdf

In Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds Darrel Amundsen explores the disputed boundaries of medicine and Christianity by focusing on the principle of the sanctity of human life, including the duty to treat or attempt to sustain the life of the ill. As he examines his themes and moves from text to context, Amundsen clarifies a number of Christian principles in relation to bioethical issues that are hotly debated today. In his examination of the moral stance of the earliest syphilographers, for example, he finds insights into the ethical issues surrounding the treatment of AIDS, which he believes has its closest historical antecedent not in plague but in syphilis. He also shows that the belief that all healing comes from God, whether directly, through prayer, or through the use of medicine—a sentiment commonly held by contemporary Christians—cannot be accurately attributed to any extant source from the patristic period. Indeed, all the Church Fathers were convinced that healing sometimes came from evil sources: Satan and his demons were able to heal, for example, and Asclepius was a demon "to be taken very seriously indeed."

Author : Norman Tanner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857738998

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The Ages of Faith by Norman Tanner Pdf

Christianity in the later Middle Ages was flourishing, popular and vibrant and the institutional church was generally popular - in stark contrast to the picture of corruption and decline painted by the later Reformers which persists even today. Norman Tanner, the pre-eminent historian of the later medieval church, provides a rich and authoritative history of religion in this pivotal period. Despite signs of turbulence and demands for reform, he demonstrates that the church remained powerful, self-confident and deeply rooted. Weaving together key themes of religious history - the Christian roots of Europe; the crusades; the problematic question of the Inquisition; the relationship between the church and secular state; the central role of monasticism; and, the independence of the English church - "The Ages of Faith" is an impressive tribute to a lifetime's research into this subject. But to many readers the central fascination of "The Ages of Faith" will be its perceptive insights into popular and individual spiritual experience: sin, piety, penance, heresy, the role of the mystics and even 'making merry'. "The Ages of Faith" is a major contribution to the Reformation debate and offers a revealing vision of individual and popular religion in an important period so long obscured by the drama of the Reformation.

Author : Mary Cunningham,G. R. Evans
Publisher : Lion Hudson Ltd
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781912552290

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Christian Faith in the Byzantine and Medieval Worlds by Mary Cunningham,G. R. Evans Pdf

This is an accessible two-part introduction to key periods of Christian history. Faith in the Byzantine World For many people the Byzantine world is an intriguing mystery. Here, Mary Cunningham presents readers with an ideal guide to this most fascinating of empires. Covering the period between 330 and 1453, the author begins by providing an outline of the history of the Byzantine Church, and then looks at key aspects of its outward expression, including the solitary ideal; holy places and holy people; service to the community; the nature of belief; and art, architecture and icons. Faith in the Medieval World The medieval period constituted a turbulent stage in religious history. Gillian R. Evans begins her immersive account by providing an overview of the development of Christianity in the West in the Middle Ages, before looking at key aspects of medieval faith: the Bible and belief; popular piety and devotion; the Crusades and the idea of 'holy war'; politics and the Church; rebellion against authority; and the road to Reformation. This analysis is a must for all those keen to understand one of the most enthralling periods of history.

Author : Madeleine Pelner Cosman,Linda Gale Jones
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 987 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781438109077

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Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, 3-Volume Set by Madeleine Pelner Cosman,Linda Gale Jones Pdf

Capturing the essence of life in great civilizations of the past, each volume in the

Author : Ivor J. Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:30000101122418

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A Public Faith by Ivor J. Davidson Pdf

The second volume of the Baker History of the Church, this book covers the years AD 312-600, explaining how the church defended itself against unorthodox views and clarified its definition of Jesus Christ.

Author : Lesley Smith,Conrad Leyser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317093961

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Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400-1400 by Lesley Smith,Conrad Leyser Pdf

Who can concentrate on thoughts of Scripture or philosophy and be able to endure babies crying ... ? Will he put up with the constant muddle and squalor which small children bring into the home? The wealthy can do so ... but philosophers lead a very different life ... So, according to Peter Abelard, did his wife Heloise state in characteristically stark terms the antithetical demands of family and scholarship. Heloise was not alone in making this assumption. Sources from Jerome onward never cease to remind us that the life of the mind stands at odds with life in the family. For all that we have moved in the past two generations beyond kings and battles, fiefs and barons, motherhood has remained a blind spot for medieval historians. Whatever the reasons, the result is that the historiography of the medieval period is largely motherless. The aim of this book is to insist that this picture is intolerably one-dimensional, and to begin to change it. The volume is focussed on the paradox of motherhood in the European Middle Ages: to be a mother is at once to hold great power, and by the same token to be acutely vulnerable. The essays look to analyse the powers and the dangers of motherhood within the warp and weft of social history, beginning with the premise that religious discourse or practice served as a medium in which mothers (and others) could assess their situation, defend claims, and make accusations. Within this frame, three main themes emerge: survival, agency, and institutionalization. The volume spans the length and breadth of the Middle Ages, from late Roman North Africa through ninth-century Byzantium to late medieval Somerset, drawing in a range of types of historian, including textual scholars, literary critics, students of religion and economic historians. The unity of the volume arises from the very diversity of approaches within it, all addressed to the central topic.

Author : R. I. Moore
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674065376

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The War on Heresy by R. I. Moore Pdf

Some of the most portentous events in medieval history—the Cathar crusade, the persecution and mass burnings of heretics, the papal inquisition—fall between 1000 and 1250, when the Catholic Church confronted the threat of heresy with force. Moore’s narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of elites who waged war on heresy for political gain.

Author : Karoline Kjesrud,Mikael Males,Brepols
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Paganism
ISBN : 2503579019

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Faith and Knowledge in Late Medieval and Early Modern Scandinavia by Karoline Kjesrud,Mikael Males,Brepols Pdf

Author : John C. Hirsh
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9004104283

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The Boundaries of Faith by John C. Hirsh Pdf

This volume deals with the ways in which religious Faith interacted with literary and other texts, and with the methods by which religious attitueds were communicated and adapted in the late medieval period and after.

Author : R. I. Moore
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781847653482

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The War On Heresy by R. I. Moore Pdf

The war on heresy obsessed medieval Europe in the centuries after the first millennium. R. I. Moore's vivid narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of those who declared and conducted the war: what were the beliefs and practices they saw as heretical? How might such beliefs have arisen? And why were they such a threat? In western Europe at AD 1000 heresy had barely been heard of. Yet within a few generations accusations had become commonplace and institutions were being set up to identify and suppress beliefs and practices seen as departures from true religion. Popular accounts of events, most notably of the Albigensian Crusade led by Europe against itself, have assumed the threats posed by the heretical movements were only too real. Some scholars by contrast have tried to show that reports of heresy were exaggerated or even fabricated: but if they are correct why was the war on heresy launched at all? And why was it conducted with such pitiless ferocity? To find the answers to these and other questions R. I. Moore returns to the evidence of the time. His investigation forms the basis for an account as profound as it is startlingly original.

Author : Ian Forrest
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691204048

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Trustworthy Men by Ian Forrest Pdf

The medieval church was founded on and governed by concepts of faith and trust--but not in the way that is popularly assumed. Offering a radical new interpretation of the institutional church and its social consequences in England, Ian Forrest argues that between 1200 and 1500 the ability of bishops to govern depended on the cooperation of local people known as trustworthy men and shows how the combination of inequality and faith helped make the medieval church. Trustworthy men (in Latin, viri fidedigni) were jurors, informants, and witnesses who represented their parishes when bishops needed local knowledge or reliable collaborators. Their importance in church courts, at inquests, and during visitations grew enormously between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. The church had to trust these men, and this trust rested on the complex and deep-rooted cultures of faith that underpinned promises and obligations, personal reputation and identity, and belief in God. But trust also had a dark side. For the church to discriminate between the trustworthy and untrustworthy was not to identify the most honest Christians but to find people whose status ensured their word would not be contradicted. This meant men rather than women, and—usually—the wealthier tenants and property holders in each parish. Trustworthy Men illustrates the ways in which the English church relied on and deepened inequalities within late medieval society, and how trust and faith were manipulated for political ends.

Author : Scott Oldenburg,Kristin M. S. Bezio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000465419

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Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace by Scott Oldenburg,Kristin M. S. Bezio Pdf

Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to examine the intersection, conflict, and confluence of religion and the market before 1700. Each chapter analyzes the unique interplay of faith and economy in a different locale: Syria, Ethiopia, France, Iceland, India, Peru, and beyond. In ten case studies, specialists of archaeology, art history, social and economic history, religious studies, and critical theory address issues of secularization, tolerance, colonialism, and race with a fresh focus. They chart the tensions between religious and economic thought in specific locales or texts, the complex ways that religion and economy interacted with one another, and the way in which matters of faith, economy, and race converge in religious images of the pre- and early modern periods. Considering the intersection of faith and economy, the volume questions the legacy of early modern economic and spiritual exceptionalism, and the ways in which prosperity still entangles itself with righteousness. The interdisciplinary nature means that this volume is the perfect resource for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars working across multiple areas including history, literature, politics, art history, global studies, philosophy, and gender studies in the medieval and early modern periods.