Varieties of Devotion in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance)

ISBN 10: 2503513891 / ISBN 13: 9782503513898

Published by Brepols Pub, 2003

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The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Varieties of Devotion in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance)
• Publisher: Brepols Pub
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503513891
• ISBN 13: 9782503513898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

In the modern world, interest in religious devotion is as great as ever. This volume brings together the research of ten scholars into the diverse ways that Europeans expressed their quest for God over more than a millennium, from the formative centuries of Christianity up to the seventeenth century. Topics include women transvestite saints, Monophysite wall-paintings, Anglo-Saxon sainthood and painful martyrdom, Carmelite self-redefinition, the confident authorship of Gautier de Coinci and Matfre Ermengaud, competition between the bishop and a wandering preacher for popular favour in Le Mans, the contemplative philanthropies of the Poor Clares, Chester Nativity-cycle actors' masculinity, Jean Gerson's warm relations with his siblings, and George' Herbert's eucharistic feeling. The authors' profound familiarity with primary sources as well as the influence of current theory makes these essays vibrant and timely.