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John of Rupescissa´s VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE (1356)
A Late Medieval Eschatological Manual for the Forthcoming Thirteen Years of Horror and Hardship
Häftad, 2020
659 kr
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The VADE MECUM IN TRIBULACIONE was meant as an eschatological manual for the thirteen catastrophic years between its composition in December 1356 and the Thousand-Year Reign of Christ expected to begin in 1370. This manual, permeated by passion for clerical reform, was intended to give righteous …
Papal Justice in the Late Middle Ages
The Sacra Romana Rota
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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This is a study of the history and function of the highest ecclesiastical tribunal, the Sacra Romana Rota, from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Despite its importance for Christendom and in contrast with other important papal offices, the activity of the Rota has never been thoroughly …
Liturgy and Society in Early Medieval Rome
Häftad, 2020
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The liturgy, the public worship of the Catholic Church, was a crucial factor in forging the society of early medieval Rome. As the Roman Empire dissolved, a new world emerged as Christian bishops stepped into the power vacuum left by the dismantling of the Empire. Among these potentates, none was …
Pope Alexander III (1159–81)
The Art of Survival
Av Anne J. Duggan, Peter D. Clarke
Häftad, 2020
725 kr
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Alexander III was one of the most important popes of the Middle Ages and his papacy (1159-81) marked a significant watershed in the history of the Western Church and society. This book provides a long overdue reassessment of his papacy and his achievements, bringing together thirteen essays which …
Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400-1400
Essays Presented to Henrietta Leyser
Av Lesley Smith, Conrad Leyser
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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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 …
Saving the Souls of Medieval London
Perpetual Chantries at St Paul's Cathedral, c.1200-1548
Häftad, 2020
725 kr
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St Paul's Cathedral stood at the centre of religious life in medieval London. It was the mother church of the diocese, a principal landowner in the capital and surrounding countryside, and a theatre for the enactment of events of national importance. The cathedral was also a powerhouse of …
Pope Innocent II (1130-43)
The World vs the City
Av John Doran, Damian J. Smith
Häftad, 2019
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The pontificate of Innocent II (1130-1143) has long been recognized as a watershed in the history of the papacy, marking the transition from the age of reform to the so-called papal monarchy, when an earlier generation of idealistic reformers gave way to hard-headed pragmatists intent on securing …
Church at War: The Military Activities of Bishops, Abbots and Other Clergy in England, c. 900-1200
Häftad, 2019
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The fighting bishop or abbot is a familiar figure to medievalists and much of what is known of the military organization of England in this period is based on ecclesiastical evidence. Unfortunately the fighting cleric has generally been regarded as merely a baron in clerical dress and has …
Poverty and Devotion in Mendicant Cultures 1200-1450
Av Constant J Mews, Anna Welch
Häftad, 2019
704 kr
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Ever since the time of Francis of Assisi, a commitment to voluntary poverty has been a controversial aspect of religious life. This volume explores the interaction between poverty and religious devotion in the mendicant orders between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. While poverty has often …
Godfrey of Viterbo and his Readers
Imperial Tradition and Universal History in Late Medieval Europe
Häftad, 2019
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This collection provides a systematic survey of the wide readership the works of Godfrey of Viterbo enjoyed in the late Middle Ages. In the last years of the twelfth century this chronicler and imperial notary wrote a series of historical collections that gained considerable and lasting popularity: …
Correspondence between Peter the Venerable and Bernard of Clairvaux
A Semantic and Structural Analysis
Inbunden, 2002
2635 kr
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Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and textual allusion, this innovative analysis of the correspondence between the Cluniac abbot, Peter the Venerable, and the future saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, challenges the traditional use of …
Abbot and the Rule
Religious Life at St Albans, 1290–1349
Inbunden, 2002
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St Albans was one of the greatest Benedictine abbeys of medieval England, and the early 14th century was a period during which the concerns of the community and the role of the abbot emerge particularly clearly. Yet the history of the abbey during this period has received little attention since …
Gateway to the Heavenly City
Crusader Jerusalem and the Catholic West (1099–1187)
Inbunden, 2005
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Gateway to the Heavenly City presents a penetrating analysis of the attitudes of Latin Christendom towards Jerusalem in the period from the First Crusade to the Muslim capture of the city in 1187. Sylvia Schein starts by exploring the changes in the Western image of Jerusalem, first as the goal of …
Adrian IV The English Pope (1154–1159)
Studies and Texts
Av Brenda Bolton, Anne J. Duggan
Inbunden, 2003
2658 kr
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The year 2000 witnessed the 900th anniversary of the birth of Adrian IV, the only Englishman to sit on the papal throne. His short pontificate of four and a half years, distracted by crisis and controversy and followed as it was by an 18-year schism, could be judged a low point in the history of …
Council of Bourges, 1225
A Documentary History
Av Richard Kay
Inbunden, 2002
2504 kr
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Never before had France had a church council so large: almost 1000 churchmen assembled at Bourges on 29 November 1225 to authorize a tax on their incomes in support of the Second Albigensian Crusade. About one third of the participants were representatives sent by corporate bodies, in accordance …
Plenitude of Power
The Doctrines and Exercise of Authority in the Middle Ages: Essays in Memory of Robert Louis Benson
Inbunden, 2006
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'I study power' - so Robert Louis Benson described his work as a scholar of medieval history. This volume unites papers by a number of his students dealing with matters central to Benson's historical interests - ecclesiastical institutions and administration, emperorship and papacy, canon law, …
Sibyl and Her Scribes
Manuscripts and Interpretation of the Latin Sibylla Tiburtina c. 1050–1500
Inbunden, 2006
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The Sibylla Tiburtina is a Latin prophecy attributed to a prophetess from classical antiquity. It concludes with an account of the End of History, involving the coming of the Antichrist and his battle with a Last World Emperor. Approximately 100 manuscripts, written between the mid-11th and the …
Innocent III and the Crown of Aragon
The Limits of Papal Authority
Inbunden, 2004
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Drawing on an extensive study of the primary sources, Damian Smith explores the relationship between the Roman Curia and Aragon-Catalonia in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. His focus is the pontificate of Innocent III, the most politically influential medieval Pope, and the reign of King …
Shaping Church Law Around the Year 1000
The Decretum of Burchard of Worms
Av Greta Austin
Inbunden, 2009
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This study of Burchard's 'Decretum', a popular book of Catholic canon law compiled just after the year 1000, sheds new light on the development of law and theology long before the Gregorian Reform, normally considered as a watershed in the history of the Latin Church. Practical episcopal concerns …
Omnia disce – Medieval Studies in Memory of Leonard Boyle, O.P.
Av Joan Greatrex, Anne J. Duggan
Inbunden, 2005
2504 kr
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The eighteen studies included here reflect three particular aspects of Leonard Boyle's remarkable impact on teaching and scholarship. His abiding interest in the early history and architecture of the basilica of San Clemente in Rome forms the focus of Part I; his profound contribution to the theory …
Chrodegang Rules
The Rules for the Common Life of the Secular Clergy from the Eighth and Ninth Centuries. Critical Texts with Translations and Commentary
Inbunden, 2005
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Since its earliest days, the Christian Church sought to draw up rules by which its members could live together in religious communities. Whilst those of Augustine (c.400 AD) and Benedict (c.530 AD) provided detailed guidance for monastic life, it took another two centuries for equivalent rules for …
Studies in the Ecclesiastical and Social History of Toulouse in the Age of the Cathars
Inbunden, 2006
2504 kr
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Studies in the Ecclesiastical and Social History of Toulouse in the Age of the Cathars is John H. Mundy's last major book concerning social and religious life in the city of Toulouse during the period 1150-1250 AD, a time when the alternate religion of Catharism, together with other divergent …
Life and After-Life of St John of Beverley
The Evolution of the Cult of an Anglo-Saxon Saint
Inbunden, 2005
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This represents the first study devoted to the life and after-life of St John of Beverley. John was bishop of Hexham and then York, after which he retired to his own monastery in Beverley and was buried there in 721. His cult was quickly established and spread to attract pilgrims from all over the …
Reforming the Church before Modernity
Patterns, Problems and Approaches
Av Christopher M. Bellitto, Louis I. Hamilton
Inbunden, 2005
2504 kr
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Reforming the Church before Modernity considers the question of ecclesial reform from late antiquity to the 17th century, and tackles this complex question from primarily cultural perspectives, rather than the more usual institutional approaches. The common themes are social change, centres and …
Chronicle of Hugh of Flavigny
Reform and the Investiture Contest in the Late Eleventh Century
Inbunden, 2006
2504 kr
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This book is a detailed study of Hugh of Flavigny and his chronicle, which is widely recognised as one of the most important narratives of a crucial period of European history, that is, the Investiture Contest. Hugh's Chronicon is significant in a number of ways: as a unique source-book for some of …
Art and the Augustinian Order in Early Renaissance Italy
Av Anne Dunlop, Louise Bourdua
Inbunden, 2007
2504 kr
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The rise of the mendicant orders in the later Middle Ages coincided with rapid and dramatic shifts in the visual arts. The mendicants were prolific patrons, relying on artworks to instruct and impress their diverse lay congregations. Churches and chapels were built, and new images and iconographies …
Pope Celestine III (1191–1198)
Diplomat and Pastor
Av John Doran, Damian J. Smith
Inbunden, 2009
2504 kr
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Hyacinth Bobone (c. 1105-1198) was one of the great figures of twelfth-century Europe. Active in the Roman Curia from the 1120s, a student in Paris, and associated with both Peter Abelard and Arnold of Brescia, he was made cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in 1144 and served there during …
Bishop Reformed
Studies of Episcopal Power and Culture in the Central Middle Ages
Av Anna Trumbore Jones, John S. Ott
Inbunden, 2007
2504 kr
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In the period following the collapse of the Carolingian Empire up to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), the episcopate everywhere in Europe experienced substantial and important change, brought about by a variety of factors: the pressures of ecclesiastical reform; the devolution and recovery of …
Cult of St Katherine of Alexandria in Early Medieval Europe
Inbunden, 2007
2736 kr
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St Katherine of Alexandria was one of the most popular saints in both the Orthodox and Latin Churches in the later Middle Ages, yet there has been little study of how her cult developed before c. 1200. This book redresses the balance, providing a thorough examination of the way the cult spread from …
Miracles and Wonders
The Development of the Concept of Miracle, 1150-1350
Inbunden, 2007
2736 kr
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Beginning in the late twelfth century, scholastic theologians such as William of Auvergne, Thomas Aquinas and Engelbert of Admont attempted to provide a rational foundation to the Christian belief in miracles, bolstered by the Aristotelian theory of natural law. Similarly in this period a tension …
