Medieval Religion and its Anxieties

Thomas A. Fudgé is Professor of Medieval History at the University of New England, Australia. Author of thirteen books, he is recognized as an international authority on Jan Hus and Hussite history.

• Introduction: The Feast of the Ass: Medieval Faith, Fun, and Fear.- Chapter OneProsecuting Animals as Criminals in Medieval Europe.- Chapter Two: Piety, Perversion and Serial Killing: The Strange Case of Gilles de Rais.- Chapter Three: Gargoyles and Glimpses of Forgotten Worlds.- Chapter Four: To Hell with the Theologians: Doctrines of Damnation in “Last Judgements” in the Medieval Latin West.- Chapter Five: Sensuality, Spirituality and Sexuality in the Religious Experience of Female Mystics.- Chapter Six: Demonizing Dissenters: Patterns of Propaganda and Persecution.- Chapter Seven: The Stripping and the Shaming of Heretics.- Chapter Eight: Surviving the Middle Ages: The Extraordinary Pursuit of Salvation.- Postscript: The Fickle Hand of Fate.