Religious Movements In The Middle Ages

Author : Herbert Grundmann
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780268080891

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Religious Movements in the Middle Ages by Herbert Grundmann Pdf

Medievalists, historians, and women's studies specialists will welcome this translation of Herbert Grundmann's classic study of religious movements in the Middle Ages because it provides a much-needed history of medieval religious life--one that lies between the extremes of doctrinal classification and materialistic analysis--and because it represents the first major effort to underline the importance of women in the development of the language and practice of religion in the Middle Ages.

Author : Herbert Grundmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:641533384

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Religious Movements in the Middle Ages by Herbert Grundmann Pdf

Author : Sharon Farmer,Barbara H. Rosenwein
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501724060

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Monks and Nuns, Saints and Outcasts by Sharon Farmer,Barbara H. Rosenwein Pdf

A new generation of historians today is borrowing from cultural anthropology, post-modern critical theory, and gender studies to understand the social meanings of medieval religious movements, practices, figures, and cults. In this volume Sharon Farmer and Barbara H. Rosenwein bring together essays—all hitherto unpublished—that combine some of the best of these new approaches with rigorous research and traditional scholarship. Some of these essays re-envision the professionals of religion: the monks and nuns who carried out crucial social functions as mediators between living and dead, repositories for social memory, and loci of vicarious piety. In their religious life these people embodied an image of the society that produced them. Other contributions focus on social categories, usually expressed as dichotomies: male/female, insider/outsider, saint/outcast. Monks and Nuns, Saints and Outcasts is the first book to show the interaction of seemingly antithetical groups of medieval people and the ways in which they were defined by, as well as against, each other. All of the essays, taken together, form a tribute to Lester K. Little, pioneer in the study of religion in medieval society.

Author : Steven Ozment
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Church history
ISBN : 9780300203554

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The Age of Reform, 1250-1550 by Steven Ozment Pdf

Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of this seminal book, this new edition includes an illuminating foreword by Carlos Eire and Ronald K. Rittges The seeds of the swift and sweeping religious movement that reshaped European thought in the 1500s were sown in the late Middle Ages. In this book, Steven Ozment traces the growth and dissemination of dissenting intellectual trends through three centuries to their explosive burgeoning in the Reformations--both Protestant and Catholic--of the sixteenth century. He elucidates with great clarity the complex philosophical and theological issues that inspired antagonistic schools, traditions, and movements from Aquinas to Calvin. This masterly synthesis of the intellectual and religious history of the period illuminates the impact of late medieval ideas on early modern society. With a new foreword by Carlos Eire and Ronald K. Rittgers, this modern classic is ripe for rediscovery by a new generation of students and scholars.

Author : Sabrina Corbellini
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Books and reading
ISBN : UCBK:C099714123

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Cultures of Religious Reading in the Late Middle Ages by Sabrina Corbellini Pdf

Read often, learn all that you can. Let sleep overcome you, the roll still in your hands; when your head falls, let it be on the sacred page. - St Jerome, 384 AD With these words, the Church Father Jerome exhorted the young Eustochium to find on the sacred page the spiritual nourishment that would give her the strength to live a life of chastity and to keep her monastic vows. His call to read does not stand alone. Books and reading have always played a pivotal role in early and medieval Christianity, often defined as 'a religion of the book'. A second important stage in the development of the 'religion of the book' can be attested in the late Middle Ages, when religious reading was no longer the exclusive right of men and women living in solitude and concentrating on prayer and meditation. Changes in the religious landscape and the birth of new religious movements transformed the medieval town into a privileged area of religious activity. Increasing literacy opened the door to a new and wider public of lay readers. This seminal transformation in the late medieval cultural horizon saw the growing importance of the vernacular, the cultural and religious emancipation of the laity, and the increasing participation of lay people in religious life and activities. This volume presents a new, interdisciplinary approach to religious reading and reading techniques in a lay environment within late medieval textual, social, and cultural transformations.

Author : Lester K. Little
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801492475

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Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe by Lester K. Little Pdf

"In this stimulating and important book Lester Little advances the original thesis that, paradoxically, it was the leading practitioners of voluntary poverty, Franciscan and Dominican friars, who finally formulated a Christian ethic which justified the activities of merchants, moneylenders, and other urban professionals, and created a Christian spirituality suitable for townsmen. Little has synthesized a vast body of specialized literature in Italian, German, French, and English to write an interpretive essay which provides a new perspective on the interaction between economic and social forces and the religious movements advocating the apostolic ideal of voluntary poverty...Little's book is a major contribution, not only to the history of the religious movement of voluntary poverty, but also to the interdisciplinary study of the middle ages." --Journal of Social History

Author : Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane,Anne E. Lester
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487515294

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Between Orders and Heresy by Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane,Anne E. Lester Pdf

Between Orders and Heresy foregrounds the dynamic, creative, and diverse late medieval religious landscapes that flourished within the spaces of social and ecclesiastical structures. This collection reconsiders the arguments put forward in Herbert Grundmann’s monumental book, Religious Movements in the Middle Ages, and challenges his traditional interpretive binary, recognized as the shared origins of many medieval religious movements. The contributors explore the social relationships fostered between secular clergy members, including parish priests, local canons, and aristocratic confessors, and examine the ways in which laypeople inspired and engaged in devotion beyond religious orders. Each essay in the volume considers a major theme in medieval religious history, such as the implementation of apostolic ideals, pastoral relationships, crusade connections, vernacular traditions, and reform. Organized to historicize and challenge the deeply embedded historiographical tendencies that have long distorted the complex dynamics of the late medieval world, Between Orders and Heresy is a major assessment of medieval religious belief and activity beyond and between the binary of orders and heresies

Author : James C. Russell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199880331

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The Germanization of Early Medieval Christianity by James C. Russell Pdf

While historians of Christianity have generally acknowledged some degree of Germanic influence in the development of early medieval Christianity, Russell goes further, arguing for a fundamental Germanic reinterpretation of Christianity. This first full-scale treatment of the subject follows a truly interdisciplinary approach, applying to the early medieval period a sociohistorical method similar to that which has already proven fruitful in explicating the history of Early Christianity and Late Antiquity. The encounter of the Germanic peoples with Christianity is studied from within the larger context of the encounter of a predominantly "world-accepting" Indo-European folk-religiosity with predominantly "world-rejecting" religious movements. While the first part of the book develops a general model of religious transformation for such encounters, the second part applies this model to the Germano-Christian scenario. Russell shows how a Christian missionary policy of temporary accommodation inadvertently contributed to a reciprocal Germanization of Christianity.

Author : Andrew Roach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317889014

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The Devil's World by Andrew Roach Pdf

Exploring the relationship of heresy, dissent and society in the 12th and 13th Centuries,The Devil’s World shows how people made conscious choices between heresy and orthodoxy in the middle ages and were not afraid to exert their power as ‘consumers’ of religion. The book gives an account of all popular religious movements, looks at the threat that heresy presented to the Church and lay powers and considers the measures they took to deal with it. Ideal for students of medieval and religious history.

Author : Lutz F. Kaelber
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 027104327X

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Schools of Asceticism by Lutz F. Kaelber Pdf

Explores the Weberian theme of religious asceticism in the context of medieval religion, concentrating on the Cathars and Waldensians in southern France. Analyzes how the ideology and social organization of religious groups shaped rational ascetic conduct of their members and how the different forms of asceticism affected cultural and economic life, combining a sociological approach to the analysis of medieval history with an original analysis of primary sources. For scholars of comparative historical and theoretical sociology, medieval history, and religious studies. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Thomas A. Fudgé
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137566102

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Medieval Religion and its Anxieties by Thomas A. Fudgé Pdf

This book examines the broad varieties of religious belief, religious practices, and the influence of religion within medieval society. Religion in the Middle Ages was not monolithic. Medieval religion and the Latin Church are not synonymous. While theology and liturgy are important, an examination of animal trials, gargoyles, last judgments, various aspects of the medieval underworld, and the quest for salvation illuminate lesser known dimensions of religion in the Middle Ages. Several themes run throughout the book including visual culture, heresy and heretics, law and legal procedure, along with sexuality and an awareness of mentalities and anxieties. Although an expanse of 800 years has passed, the remains of those other Middle Ages can be seen today, forcing us to reassess our evaluations of this alluring and often overlooked past.

Author : Gordon Leff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060623652

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Heresy, Philosophy, and Religion in the Medieval West by Gordon Leff Pdf

The papers in this volume fall into four sections. The first part deals more generally with heresy, religious movements and the Church, while the second focuses on Wyclif, covering his path to dissent, his religious doctrines, and a doctrinal comparison with Hus. Philosophical themes come to the fore in the third section, which has papers on the decline of scholasticism in the 14th century and on the trivium, and also includes hitherto unpublished essays on the theology of Augustine's two cities and on Ockham and nominalism. The final part, with another two papers published here for the first time, discusses Christian, Augustinian and Franciscan concepts of man, and the concepts of natural rights according to Ockham and the Franciscans.

Author : Herbert Brook Workman
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104254190

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The Foundation of Modern Religion by Herbert Brook Workman Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Alison More
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192534736

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Fictive Orders and Feminine Religious Identities, 1200-1600 by Alison More Pdf

Any visitor to Belgium or the Netherlands is immediately struck by the number of convents and beguinages (begijnhoven) in both major cities and small towns. Their number and location in urban centres suggests that the women who inhabited them once held a prominent role. Despite leaving a visible mark on cities in Europe, much of the story of these women - known variously as beguines, tertiaries, klopjes, recluses, and anchoresses - remains to be told. Instead of aspiring to live as traditional religious, they transcended normative assumptions about religion and gender and had a very real impact on their religious and secular worlds. The sources for their tale are often fragmentary and difficult to interpret. However, careful scrutiny allows their voices to be heard. Drawing on an array of sources including religious rules, sermons, hagiographic vitae, and rapiaria, Fictive Orders and Feminine Religious Identities traces the story of pious laywomen between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. It both emphasizes the innovative roles of women who transcended established forms of institutional religious life and reveals the ways in which historiographical habits have obscured the dynamic and fluid nature of their histories. By highlighting the development of irregular and extraregular communities and tracing the threads of monasticisation that wove their way around pious laywomen, this book draws attention to the vibrant and dynamic culture of feminine lay piety that persisted from the later middle ages onwards.

Author : Adriaan Hendrik Bredero
Publisher : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015032911763

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Christendom and Christianity in the Middle Ages by Adriaan Hendrik Bredero Pdf

Bredero moves beyond the usual treatment of history by framing his overall discussion in terms of a fascinating and relevant question: To what extent is Christianity today still molded by medieval society?