John H. Arnold trained at the University of York, worked at UEA, and then for many years at Birkbeck, University of London, before becoming chair of medieval history at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of King's College, in 2016. He has published extensively on various aspects of the cultural and social history of medieval European history.

The attention paid to ordinary people in John H. Arnold's The Making of Lay Religion in Southern France, c. 1000-1350 makes it stand out among histories of medieval religion. Writing a history 'from below' of developments often exclusively viewed as imposed 'from above', Arnold mines the archives ofthe Languedoc to show how lay people and their communities shaped - as well as suffered - a watershed moment in Christian doctrine and practice.

• Introduction Part I 1: Christianity and Local Churches, c. 1000-c. 1150 2: Peace, Violence and Saints, c. 1000-c. 1150 3: A Re-formed Landscape, c. 1100-c. 1200 4: Towns and the Holy, c. 1100-c. 1250 5: Papal Interventions, c. 1200-c. 1350 Part II 6: Space and Materiality 7: Instruction and Storytelling 8: The Discipline of Belief 9: Negotiations of the Faith 10: Being Christian Conclusion Appendix: The New Cathar Wars

John H. Arnold trained at the University of York, worked at UEA, and then for many years at Birkbeck, University of London, before becoming chair of medieval history at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of King's College, in 2016. He has published extensively on various aspects of the cultural and social history of medieval European history.

The attention paid to ordinary people in John H. Arnold's The Making of Lay Religion in Southern France, c. 1000-1350 makes it stand out among histories of medieval religion. Writing a history 'from below' of developments often exclusively viewed as imposed 'from above', Arnold mines the archives ofthe Languedoc to show how lay people and their communities shaped - as well as suffered - a watershed moment in Christian doctrine and practice.

• Introduction Part I 1: Christianity and Local Churches, c. 1000-c. 1150 2: Peace, Violence and Saints, c. 1000-c. 1150 3: A Re-formed Landscape, c. 1100-c. 1200 4: Towns and the Holy, c. 1100-c. 1250 5: Papal Interventions, c. 1200-c. 1350 Part II 6: Space and Materiality 7: Instruction and Storytelling 8: The Discipline of Belief 9: Negotiations of the Faith 10: Being Christian Conclusion Appendix: The New Cathar Wars

John H. Arnold trained at the University of York, worked at UEA, and then for many years at Birkbeck, University of London, before becoming chair of medieval history at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of King's College, in 2016. He has published extensively on various aspects of the cultural and social history of medieval European history.

The attention paid to ordinary people in John H. Arnold's The Making of Lay Religion in Southern France, c. 1000-1350 makes it stand out among histories of medieval religion. Writing a history 'from below' of developments often exclusively viewed as imposed 'from above', Arnold mines the archives ofthe Languedoc to show how lay people and their communities shaped - as well as suffered - a watershed moment in Christian doctrine and practice.

• Introduction Part I 1: Christianity and Local Churches, c. 1000-c. 1150 2: Peace, Violence and Saints, c. 1000-c. 1150 3: A Re-formed Landscape, c. 1100-c. 1200 4: Towns and the Holy, c. 1100-c. 1250 5: Papal Interventions, c. 1200-c. 1350 Part II 6: Space and Materiality 7: Instruction and Storytelling 8: The Discipline of Belief 9: Negotiations of the Faith 10: Being Christian Conclusion Appendix: The New Cathar Wars